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If they keep lying about me, I am going to start telling the truth about them....<br><br>Drip, Drip, Drip..... What are the odds of a public meltdown tomorrow???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:28:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "14a9b1d091d0ee7fbd8b895a5b6b99b7", "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}, "2895747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The American public needs a reminder of who the real McCain is and what kind of career he has had while representing the AMERICAN people in the US Senate.  Obviously, he did not learn anything during the Keating scandal.  Talk about being unprepared to lead..........................unless you want to be led into a bigger morass than we are currently in!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:42:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "mzblither", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "2900104": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Additionally, McCain signed a propaganda confession that was derogatory to the USA, while a POW. He was not a hero. AS always, he tried to use his father's name and position with the Viet Cong. Putting himself first as he has always done. There were many, many, POWs tortured and still refused to give any information or sign propaganda statements. John McCain was not one of them. Everyone should read the Rolling Stone online article on the make believe maverick. <br><br>Also, the only person who witnessed his supposed torture was himself. He's already been caught in one lie on that front.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_17:37:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9cbba369cce96bcc34bf97c31f39751", "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": 2895543, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2894985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This one will 'bust-his-head-to-the-white-meat'!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_12:53:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "0c3599ce697c1d893d002da5aa241aa6", "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}, "2900875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Excuse me?  McCain was cleared by the Senate Ethics Panel?  I guess, if you call being rebuked as having poor judgement \"cleared.\"  Obama, on the other hand, has had nothing to be cleared of,  unless there's a federal statute against living in the same neighborhood as someone who was NOT convicted of terrorism charges 40 years earlier...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_18:47:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "650552eb395144a4ea72c0367f7f53a0", "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": 2895975, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2900141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My friend (to borrow the most tired of McCain's phrases), what on Earth does it matter who paid for someone's education? Who do you THINK paid for it, Osama Bin Laden? Why can't you right wing nut jobs get off trying to portray B. Obama as something he's not. You people are really amazing. All the misfortune, neglect and trouble plaguing your fellow citizens and all you want to harp on is who paid for Obama's education? WTF??????????????? Better start getting used to calling him \"Sir\". Or will you be one of those disrespectful, anti-USA crybabies who has a bumper sticker telling everyone who YOUR president is? Later dude", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_17:40:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "05d1d462d3900afe7e88404b6821138b", "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": 2899375, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2895378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow! Its good to see that the Obama/Biden campaign is not sitting around, waiting for more lame blows from the other side.<br><br>That video gave me the chills....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:18:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "b69ed21c6309a72fe23e5cdd81a53060", "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}, "2897343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, the Question is really \u2026 who is the Real John McCain<br><br>Connections:<br>Connection to convicted Watergate felon G. Gordon Liddy<br>Connection to An extremist who hates blacks and Jews John Singlaud<br>Connection to 1980/90's S&L Scandal though Keating 5<br>Connection to now-convicted Italian con man<br>Connection to shady Russian oligarchs to take over the economy of Montenegro <br><br>Judgment:<br>Selection of Sara Palin as running mate who is involved in obstruction of justice and abuse of power investigation trooper gate<br>Selection of Rick Davis a wealthy lobbyist who got paid from Fannie Mae<br>Decision to go negative in this campaign<br>Decision to pretend to Suspend Campaign.<br><br>Voting records<br>Senate Voting Record Against GI Bill and Other spending for medical services.<br>Senate Voting Record Against Women\u2019s Issues like Maternity leave and Birth Control<br>Senate Voting record Against Minimum wage increases<br>Senate Voting Record against Children\u2019s Healthcare.<br>Senate voting record against public education reform.<br>Senate Voting Record 90% with GW bush.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_15:17:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "60fa15a7f90a2521e0cf22429b26dd04", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2895510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain doesn't just appear desperate, he IS desperate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:27:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "32a7ea1723ecec5940d0ad779536b85d", "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}, "2896026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It seems John McCain has so many glass houses that he cannot keep count.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:00:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "b9a25aa1d2f208dfb779562589092319", "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}, "2895771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain is running for president because, like George W. Bush, he has an ongoing daddy vendetta. McCain never made admiral like his father and his grandfather before him. Like Bush, he was at the bottom of his class and didn't have what it took to measure up to his father's accomplishments. Right now, the only way he can best his daddy is to become president -- and this is his last chance to try. That's why all the stops have come out. He will do anything, stop at nothing, to be better than his daddy. What a sad, pathetic man John McCain has turned out to be.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:43:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "02b7c3888ee654e0cb3df950fe9aec73", "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": 2894910, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2895260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Karma's a bitch", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:11:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "a77b80704319e837e43ccca8509935aa", "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}, "2895006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think the word McCain is hinting at is: 'Black people are scary and risky'. I think I'll post that video of McCain giving his support for skinheads and the REAL reason why he hired Steve Schmidt.  I'm not that surprised to see McCain turning to racism to win this elections. The word is he mistreated his African American solders like *&^%. Video to come very soon by one of his WHITE comrades.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_12:54:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "16e270b22150e434a60523348cf1e738", "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}, "2897951": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think Obama was quoting Lincoln when he said that...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_15:44:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "626784c8f630dd6fd31b8d4b1ff4d8cd", "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": 2896513, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2896289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "some people think that the keating stuff should have come up before ... i think Obama played it perfectly ... mccain's most potent political tool was what people thought of him in the press and how that molded public perception of him ... if you drop the keating stuff in june, when mccain is still regarded as an all around good guy, you risk the \" smear\" charge (even though it isn't a \"smear\") from the media and the tarnishing of your own \"good guy\" brand. but after the steady erosion of the \"maverick\" brand over the last month, people have lost almost all confidence in John Mccain. Now the public is ready to accept such an explosive and absolutely true charge ... mccain is toast  .... good play team obama !!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:17:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "6c5980679b32c1f01316e6b8a0d4bbb7", "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}, "2896923": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain Corrupt Skeletons:<br>Keating 5<br>G.Gordon Liddy<br>John Singlaud<br>The Mob Boss<br>Sara Palin - trooper gate, affairs, <br>Rick Davis - Fannie Mae<br><br>Vote record Against Vets<br>Votes Against Womens Issues<br>Votes Against Education <br>Votes For the War in Iraq<br>Adultry/Gambling", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:50:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "60fa15a7f90a2521e0cf22429b26dd04", "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}, "2902309": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Harry  Truman, I think... but not an exact quote", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_21:02:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "0a18e8e547ec8648227d795eb8457e6f", "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": 2897951, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2898076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "First let me apologize for any grammatical errors.<br>I am recently became an American Citizen and I am still learning the English language.<br>My mother use to say:<br>\"The worse blind is the one which does not want to see\".<br>The sad thing about all this situation (Presidential Elections 2008) is that\u2026after all is done\u2026 (Obama wins)\u2026people are gone say: What happened? I was so sure!<br>He sounded so good!<br>To good to be true! <br>This is what I have to say...To much talk...Who is him? Do you really know Obama? Two years in the Senate\u2026campaigning\u2026that\u2019s all!<br>Promises\u2026He says what people want to hear!<br>We all gone pay a very high price for this big mistake we (you) are getting yourselves in\u2026<br>Open your eyes people!<br>Study the situations\u2026get informed\u2026Don\u2019t believe in promises!<br>Look at the person! Their precedent\u2026<br>Don\u2019t you know that \u201cwere there\u2019s smoke there\u2019s fire?\u201d<br>We should be more prudent with our choices\u2026<br>We leave in a very dangerous world\u2026very dangerous\u2026<br>Look at the history of this world!<br>We are all living in a \u201clalala\u201d world, not taking in consideration that bad people are out there, and they are planning right now, as we speak, to kill us!<br>Even if it takes 100 years\u2026They will succeed! <br>And do you want to know why!<br>JUST BECAUSE WE CHOOSE TO BE BLIND\u2026AND DEAF!<br>BE CAREFUL\u2026AND\u2026 GOOD LUCK!<br>God bless you all!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_15:51:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "45f25ed47af1db755cd10d8e803a4791", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2899498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "let's see in 2 years when all of you are crying that you are sorry you voted for Obama. Have your laughs now because if Obama gets elected it will surely be a sad day in America.  But this is<br>America and unfortunately we the worse is yet to come - Obama.  If you think he's your salvation, look again.  He will not deliver anything promised except socialism, higher taxes and big government.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_16:53:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd2e688426e750cc5ec9478f2df27ef5", "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": 2895771, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2896301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ari......I saw you owning a Rethug strategist on msnbc........this is the kind of response that BO need to give whenever they throw crap at him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:18:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e6e2058c5a33ec049d8cf7913a954dc", "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}, "2899375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What about Obama receiving the highest amount of money in his short time in the Senate from Fannie Mae and Barney Frank who said Freddie and Fannie are ok.  Where were you when McCain warned the senate about Fannie and Freddie and the Democrats didn't want to hear it.  Why won't Obama let us see any records from Columbia and who paid for his education.Please give me a break.  For the few years Obama has been in politics his hands are so dirty.  He's a left wing radical and very scarey", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_16:45:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd2e688426e750cc5ec9478f2df27ef5", "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": 2897343, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2896530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "exactly what they needed to do.  stay above the fray and then occasionally hit back hard.  they can't drag him down to the gutter and they're getting desperate.  If any of the Ayers ties stick to obama, the keating stuff surely will stick to mccain.<br><br>GoBama: <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/6xr3b7\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/6xr3b7</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:28:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "RogerF", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "2895543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tit for tat. McCain ain't no St. John after he disassociated himself from the Wright controversy. NOW, he has changed his mind and the mindless surrogate would be dictator chicken Sarah Palin has become the perfect impersonator of lies to kingdom come. Sarah the devout evangelical has danced with the wolves. Let's wait for Troopergate outcome so Sarah can hold up her head high up she wasn't really lying at all. Her, simply outrageous? Understatement.<br><br>5 Pinnochios for your lies Palin. You are a disgusting person to be added to women's achievements all these decades. Fire your arsenal in Alaska so you can get more foreign policy experience to deal with Medvedev and Putin. That is, if you have a career after the elections. That goes for Joe lying Liebermann.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:30:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d704e542e2d148d9e9dc7a4d4d8a7a6", "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}, "2896057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And how about McCain's connection to convicted Watergate felon G. Gordon Liddy? If Obama  had ever said that Ayer's \"principles and philosophy\" are what keeps this country great, there'd be an outcry in the corporate media. But  McCain explicitly endorsed the views espoused by the unrepentant  criminal Liddy using exactly those terms. The article below, written by  conservative columnist Steven Chapman, from the Chicago Trib appears to be the first to focus on the McCain's scandalous Liddy connection:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0504chapmanmay04%2C0%2C6238795.column\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-...</a><br><br>This article from the Huffington Post reports on Liddy's expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/05/g-gordon-liddy-john-mccai_n_100134.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/05/g-gord...</a><br><br>McCain needs to be asked if he \"denounces and rejects\" Liddy's endorsement and whether he's going to return this criminal's substantial contributions to his campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:02:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "0c3491ad7a2d7e8dff5c3c0c0df9060e", "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}, "2896187": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCaine's deperate measure of attempting to assassinate the character of Senator Obama contradicts his claims of being honorable.  By resorting  to these below-the-belt tactics, as oppose to discussing the sorry state of our economy, the McCaine camp is re-enforcing the long held view that they do not have a genuine concern for the well being of the populace.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:11:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "0790af3019f8189e209bca8f609fe10d", "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}, "2896444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John Glenn is not, unlike John McCain, running for President of the United States on a platform of tax cuts for the wealthy and more deregulation of the sort that enabled the Keating debacle.  If he were, the Republicans would certainly use his Keating 5 membership against him.  <br><br>McCain says he learned his lesson from the Keating 5. But he hasn't even learned to avoid getting caught.  See that photo of McCain boarding the yacht of a now-convicted Italian con man and the reports of McCain's dealings with shady Russian oligarchs to take over the economy of Montenegro (where the yacht photo was taken).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:24:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "0c3491ad7a2d7e8dff5c3c0c0df9060e", "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": 2896126, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2894910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He is running for a long held personal ambition:<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKwTL8SwbI\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKwTL8SwbI</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_12:48:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "e3811a14d36433faa8d3fd379e5baa71", "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}, "2895935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How about: \"McCain is CLEARLY desperate\":<br><br><a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/06/mccain-hits-obama-with-hardest-language-yet\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/06/mccain-hits-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:54:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "c8ac77f768cd25288e1b1b2af33edc3c", "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}, "2895680": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The media says over and over that when McCain was held captive, he \"never broke.\" But that's not true. McCain himself has admitted that under torture he signed a false confession. This is extremely important in light of McCain's support of the Bush administration's torture program. McCain is uniquely qualified to speak, from experience,  to the fact that torture does NOT provide accurate information and therefore is useless as a tactic. Yet he doesn't do that. He votes instead to continue torture programs and reveals that he has no humanity. When one can go through what he has gone through and then advocate FOR the very thing that did indeed break him, he shows what kind of person is really is.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:39:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "02b7c3888ee654e0cb3df950fe9aec73", "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": 2895355, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2903627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Grow a brain please.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_23:13:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "7fa41e09827880f92a3258f6cb4d7ebf", "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": 2899375, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2895051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain doesn't just appear desperate, he is desperate. He ought to be more careful, maybe Arizona will dump his as their senator as well, since he seems to be mentally unstable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_12:57:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "2e6152e301a947a5334bfd85a6372281", "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}, "2895568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm interested in this video. Go file it too in Huffnews. Thanks", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:32:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d704e542e2d148d9e9dc7a4d4d8a7a6", "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": 2895006, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2899794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If John Glenn is somehow unqualified to introduce Barack Obama at a democratic political rally because of his involvement in the Keating 5 scandal, what does that say about John McCain's qualifications to be president?  I think the point of Obama's documercial is that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.  It is John McCain's backstroke through the gutter that is the problem.  Had he stuck to the issues facing the American people, McCain could have kept that little story buried where it was.  Raising the issue of Obama's tangential association with someone who was involved in arguably dispicable acts when Obama was 8 years old merits a definitive response.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_17:15:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "5ac58d833b9b17c0ecc533cae4f0855b", "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": 2896126, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2900835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And you right wing fascists are as dumb as you are \"scarey\"! Critical-thinking disabled.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_18:43:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "700a375e765fb6e99af1c60fb85868ef", "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": 2899375, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2895192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This was a pretty high-quality video piece - not a fast-hacked out ad from the latest new cycle sound bites. Which seems to prove that the Obama team has had this sitting in the background, waiting to be used if necessary, when necessary. Now with the DOW tanking (currently -520) I'm not sure there was a more appropriate time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:07:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "d589282576f22e2ee80cd31e375e83f7", "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}, "2895833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here are two terrific investigative pieces from Rolling Stone. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain/page/7\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/mak...</a><br><a href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/23318320/mad_dog_palin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/2331...</a><br><br>McCain isn't only desperate- He's CRAZY", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:47:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Obamafan60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": 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}, "2896510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Everyone kept complaining that Obama was too soft and not hitting back hard enough during the primaries and early in the presidential race.....Now you will see the trump cards being played by Obama to counteract the slime that the McCain camp is using.....and since it wasn't used before in any marketing it will be fresh and people should notice them....unlike old stories that have already be vetted by the general public regarding Obama that McCain is using......desparate people using desparate measures.....give them enough rope and they will hang themselves without Obama having to stoop to their low level tactics.....Obama needs to RISE ABOVE THE CROWD and continue to show class and confidence.....finally Americans are starting to smell the stench and are removing the rose colored glasses that too many have been wearing for 7 1/2 years......<br>My questions is: WHEN ARE RANK AND FILE DEMOCRATS GOING TO START DEFENDING OBAMA AGAINST ALL THESE ATTACKS????<br><br>OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!<br><br><br><br>Change IS coming.....it's called Obama/Biden 08!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:28:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "c8519d6a92d7151d1fa6826cfcabfe4c", "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}, "2896094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As to your \"home state of NC) : I was one among 28,000 people who began lining up at 10:00Pm on the NIGHT BEFORE Sunday's Obama rally in Asheville. I waited in a line eventually stretching over 2 miles long. And I loved every minute of it. There is something very powerful happening here.  I Think on election day we'll all see what it is. I also think your beloved NC will be BRIGHT BLUE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:05:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "056dbdcb0c75da31c1fc9af5ffbce5f5", "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": 2895731, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2896336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Please read the following article in the Phoenix Times News from November 29, 1989:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:19:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "93ee22f3d0fce6948e9d6533c515b9ce", "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}, "2896251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was protesting and doing his  other radical things. On the other hand, McCain was investigated for his role in the Keating five much later and has a well known reputation for being \"in bed\" with lobbyists. Moreover, John McCain  has had a close relationship with another well known activitist named David Ifshin and still does despite his role as activitist during the Vietnam war. So If McCain and Palin want to play that game they'll lose this time around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:16:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "e57276a837a0e32a1f4373799c7d11bb", "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}, "2895972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I certainly will not vote for him when he is up for reelection to Senate.  He's gone completely Captain Ahab, abandoning his ship and crew for the dubious opportunity to inflict a little pain in Obama.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:57:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "ee54551352b65b9bbd9d78c297858576", "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": 2895051, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2895975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama and McCain have been cleared of these scandals. Someone might want to remind Palin that her investigation is still on going...and scandal is not something she wants America paying attention to...stick to the economy that is what real \"average Joe six packs\" care about...wink wink wink!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:57:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "7f6fbad82a7bea1b1478fc2ab7ebcf0c", "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}, "2897255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John McCain is so desperate it's pathetic.  The American economy is in real trouble and instead of calming fears and talking about a way to solve it he just smears his opponent.  It is sad and dishonorable.  McCain probably thought Obama wouldn't hit back but I think the Keating 5 scandal is relevant.  And to think I used to respect John McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_15:11:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "9656185ce14fba203835cddf3d4d5409", "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}, "2896109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I had trouble getting it to load and run too. I think we crashed the server :-} The email went out to the donor list early this morning and I think we were all sitting there counting down to 12:00 waiting to push the button. It took me a half hour to get it to load and run smoothly.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:07:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "finallyback", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 2895731, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2900209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The size of government has grown exponentially under George W. Bush.  In less than eight years, the national debt has grown from $6 trillion (over a 263 year period) to $10.2 (that is $4.2 trillion in less than 8 years).  That is before the $850 billion Wallstreet bailout ($700 billion bailout and $150 billion in new pork).   When Bush came into office there was a buget surplus.  Now, the deficit is over $500 billion, again, before accounting for the bailout.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_17:45:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "5ac58d833b9b17c0ecc533cae4f0855b", "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": 2899498, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2895731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've seen the video. Well done. It was not easy viewing it, because it began and stopped several times. However, I got the point.  Mc Cain is finished.  He was finished before this video and he is even more finished now.  He simply can not win amidst the finacial crisis we are facing. He must know this at some level, and life for him must seem very strange at this point.  I would like to see Obama carry my home state of NC.  The fact that NC is now being called a \"toss up\" just indicates how much trouble McACain is in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:41:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "5c623f371e85dd2f2f59d16cd2a5fa3b", "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}, "2895294": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "appears desperate???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:13:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "25e26c054198b3aa9f8e3e1b385c7a7a", "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}, "2895355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For an amazing --and very scary-- look back at McCain's life and the careful fabrication of the myth surrounding his \"hero\" status, see:  <a href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/mak...</a><br><br>~A~", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:16:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "c7490c4b91fc9b8bf9cf6ee1192f175c", "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}, "2895613": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Keating 5 stuff should have come up long ago. McCain claims to be for reform and says he wants regulation in the financial markets, yet his entire history in public service is of deregulation, deregulation, deregulation. His campaign is populated with financial lobbyists for whom he will always do their bidding. Phil Gramm, the man who McCain would make Secretary of the Treasury, is one of those directly responsible for the financial crisis this country is in now. There's no running or hiding from this -- John McCain must be held accountable for his record. And that includes his involvement in Keating 5.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_13:34:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "02b7c3888ee654e0cb3df950fe9aec73", "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}, "2896126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama talking about  and scolding about the keating 5 seems disingenous as he just had one of the keating 5 introducing hiim at a rally the other day (john glenn). hmm.. interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-06_14:08:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "928d0ce7cb709608c395d16bb3389a83", "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}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "5425538", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": -3977355220424926157}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "obama_claps_back_with_keating_five", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 3, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 102, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 5425538, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": false, "forum_facebook_key": "", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": false, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.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";
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	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";
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	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.
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		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 = '4f0bfca82e06c976a1efdd7c783a5fd0';
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;



// 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://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/obama_claps_back_with_keating_five/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/washingtonindependent/_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 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">\
	 Showing <span id="dsq-num-posts">50</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">102</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/obama_claps_back_with_keating_five/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://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/obama_claps_back_with_keating_five/">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">\
	 </div>\
		';

		
			html = Dsq.Templates.authPost() + html;
		

		
		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.reactions();

		

		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://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/obama_claps_back_with_keating_five/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 '';
	};

	//
	// 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 are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on The Washington Independent" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</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:5425538" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</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'				: 'washingtonindependent',
			't'				: 'obama_claps_back_with_keating_five',
			// 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/washingtonindependent/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/washingtonindependent/obama_claps_back_with_keating_five/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/washingtonindependent/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'obama_claps_back_with_keating_five'
			+ '&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/washingtonindependent/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'obama_claps_back_with_keating_five'
			+ '&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/washingtonindependent/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'obama_claps_back_with_keating_five'
				+ '&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/washingtonindependent/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/5425538/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/washingtonindependent/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/washingtonindependent/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;
		});
	})();
}









(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-2894910">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2894910" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2894910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2894910">Da Silva</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2894910" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2894910" class="dsq-comment-message">He is running for a long held personal ambition:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKwTL8SwbI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKwTL8SwbI</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895771">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895771" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895771">Julia C</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895771" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895771" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is running for president because, like George W. Bush, he has an ongoing daddy vendetta. McCain never made admiral like his father and his grandfather before him. Like Bush, he was at the bottom of his class and didn\'t have what it took to measure up to his father\'s accomplishments. Right now, the only way he can best his daddy is to become president -- and this is his last chance to try. That\'s why all the stops have come out. He will do anything, stop at nothing, to be better than his daddy. What a sad, pathetic man John McCain has turned out to be.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2899498">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2899498" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2899498" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2899498">JG</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2899498" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2899498" class="dsq-comment-message">let\'s see in 2 years when all of you are crying that you are sorry you voted for Obama. Have your laughs now because if Obama gets elected it will surely be a sad day in America.  But this is<br>America and unfortunately we the worse is yet to come - Obama.  If you think he\'s your salvation, look again.  He will not deliver anything promised except socialism, higher taxes and big government.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2900209">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2900209" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2900209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2900209" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">David</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2900209" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2900209" class="dsq-comment-message">The size of government has grown exponentially under George W. Bush.  In less than eight years, the national debt has grown from $6 trillion (over a 263 year period) to $10.2 (that is $4.2 trillion in less than 8 years).  That is before the $850 billion Wallstreet bailout ($700 billion bailout and $150 billion in new pork).   When Bush came into office there was a buget surplus.  Now, the deficit is over $500 billion, again, before accounting for the bailout.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2894985">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2894985" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2894985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2894985" href="http://huffpost.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RiggsMD</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2894985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2894985" class="dsq-comment-message">This one will \'bust-his-head-to-the-white-meat\'!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895006">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895006" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895006">McCain supports skinheads</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895006" class="dsq-comment-message">I think the word McCain is hinting at is: \'Black people are scary and risky\'. I think I\'ll post that video of McCain giving his support for skinheads and the REAL reason why he hired Steve Schmidt.  I\'m not that surprised to see McCain turning to racism to win this elections. The word is he mistreated his African American solders like *&^%. Video to come very soon by one of his WHITE comrades.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895568">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895568" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895568" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895568">Springonion</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895568" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895568" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m interested in this video. Go file it too in Huffnews. Thanks</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895051">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895051" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895051">TeriM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895051" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895051" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain doesn\'t just appear desperate, he is desperate. He ought to be more careful, maybe Arizona will dump his as their senator as well, since he seems to be mentally unstable.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895972">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895972" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895972" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895972">StanW</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895972" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895972" class="dsq-comment-message">I certainly will not vote for him when he is up for reelection to Senate.  He\'s gone completely Captain Ahab, abandoning his ship and crew for the dubious opportunity to inflict a little pain in Obama.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895192">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895192" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895192" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2895192" href="http://www.pixelmarx.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Irishspacemonk</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895192" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895192" class="dsq-comment-message">This was a pretty high-quality video piece - not a fast-hacked out ad from the latest new cycle sound bites. Which seems to prove that the Obama team has had this sitting in the background, waiting to be used if necessary, when necessary. Now with the DOW tanking (currently -520) I\'m not sure there was a more appropriate time.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895260">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895260" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895260">MizLiz</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895260" class="dsq-comment-message">Karma\'s a bitch</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895294">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895294" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895294" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895294">RJII</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895294" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895294" class="dsq-comment-message">appears desperate???</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895355">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895355" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895355" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895355">Aiala</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895355" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895355" class="dsq-comment-message">For an amazing --and very scary-- look back at McCain\'s life and the careful fabrication of the myth surrounding his "hero" status, see:  <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain" rel="nofollow">http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/mak...</a><br><br>~A~</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895680">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895680" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895680" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895680">Julia C</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895680" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895680" class="dsq-comment-message">The media says over and over that when McCain was held captive, he "never broke." But that\'s not true. McCain himself has admitted that under torture he signed a false confession. This is extremely important in light of McCain\'s support of the Bush administration\'s torture program. McCain is uniquely qualified to speak, from experience,  to the fact that torture does NOT provide accurate information and therefore is useless as a tactic. Yet he doesn\'t do that. He votes instead to continue torture programs and reveals that he has no humanity. When one can go through what he has gone through and then advocate FOR the very thing that did indeed break him, he shows what kind of person is really is.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895378">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895378" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895378" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895378">shalite</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895378" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow! Its good to see that the Obama/Biden campaign is not sitting around, waiting for more lame blows from the other side.<br><br>That video gave me the chills....</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895510">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895510" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895510" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895510">Toni</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895510" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895510" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain doesn\'t just appear desperate, he IS desperate.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2895543">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895543" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895543" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895543">Springonion</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895543" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895543" class="dsq-comment-message">Tit for tat. McCain ain\'t no St. John after he disassociated himself from the Wright controversy. NOW, he has changed his mind and the mindless surrogate would be dictator chicken Sarah Palin has become the perfect impersonator of lies to kingdom come. Sarah the devout evangelical has danced with the wolves. Let\'s wait for Troopergate outcome so Sarah can hold up her head high up she wasn\'t really lying at all. Her, simply outrageous? Understatement.<br><br>5 Pinnochios for your lies Palin. You are a disgusting person to be added to women\'s achievements all these decades. Fire your arsenal in Alaska so you can get more foreign policy experience to deal with Medvedev and Putin. That is, if you have a career after the elections. That goes for Joe lying Liebermann.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2900104">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2900104" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2900104" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2900104">Shirley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2900104" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2900104" class="dsq-comment-message">Additionally, McCain signed a propaganda confession that was derogatory to the USA, while a POW. He was not a hero. AS always, he tried to use his father\'s name and position with the Viet Cong. Putting himself first as he has always done. There were many, many, POWs tortured and still refused to give any information or sign propaganda statements. John McCain was not one of them. Everyone should read the Rolling Stone online article on the make believe maverick. <br><br>Also, the only person who witnessed his supposed torture was himself. He\'s already been caught in one lie on that front.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895613" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895613" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895613">Julia C</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895613" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895613" class="dsq-comment-message">The Keating 5 stuff should have come up long ago. McCain claims to be for reform and says he wants regulation in the financial markets, yet his entire history in public service is of deregulation, deregulation, deregulation. His campaign is populated with financial lobbyists for whom he will always do their bidding. Phil Gramm, the man who McCain would make Secretary of the Treasury, is one of those directly responsible for the financial crisis this country is in now. There\'s no running or hiding from this -- John McCain must be held accountable for his record. And that includes his involvement in Keating 5.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895731" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895731">Liz C.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895731" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve seen the video. Well done. It was not easy viewing it, because it began and stopped several times. However, I got the point.  Mc Cain is finished.  He was finished before this video and he is even more finished now.  He simply can not win amidst the finacial crisis we are facing. He must know this at some level, and life for him must seem very strange at this point.  I would like to see Obama carry my home state of NC.  The fact that NC is now being called a "toss up" just indicates how much trouble McACain is in.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896094">grrr</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896094" class="dsq-comment-message">As to your "home state of NC) : I was one among 28,000 people who began lining up at 10:00Pm on the NIGHT BEFORE Sunday\'s Obama rally in Asheville. I waited in a line eventually stretching over 2 miles long. And I loved every minute of it. There is something very powerful happening here.  I Think on election day we\'ll all see what it is. I also think your beloved NC will be BRIGHT BLUE.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896109">finallyback</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896109" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896109" class="dsq-comment-message">I had trouble getting it to load and run too. I think we crashed the server :-} The email went out to the donor list early this morning and I think we were all sitting there counting down to 12:00 waiting to push the button. It took me a half hour to get it to load and run smoothly.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895747" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895747">mzblither</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895747" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895747" class="dsq-comment-message">The American public needs a reminder of who the real McCain is and what kind of career he has had while representing the AMERICAN people in the US Senate.  Obviously, he did not learn anything during the Keating scandal.  Talk about being unprepared to lead..........................unless you want to be led into a bigger morass than we are currently in!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895833" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895833">Obamafan60</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895833" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895833" class="dsq-comment-message">Here are two terrific investigative pieces from Rolling Stone. <br><br><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain/page/7" rel="nofollow">http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/mak...</a><br><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/23318320/mad_dog_palin" rel="nofollow">http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/2331...</a><br><br>McCain isn\'t only desperate- He\'s CRAZY</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895935" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895935" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895935">radster</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895935" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895935" class="dsq-comment-message">How about: "McCain is CLEARLY desperate":<br><br><a href="http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/06/mccain-hits-obama-with-hardest-language-yet" rel="nofollow">http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/06/mccain-hits-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2895975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2895975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2895975">Tiana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2895975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2895975" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama and McCain have been cleared of these scandals. Someone might want to remind Palin that her investigation is still on going...and scandal is not something she wants America paying attention to...stick to the economy that is what real "average Joe six packs" care about...wink wink wink!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2900875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2900875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2900875">Jim Speiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2900875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2900875" class="dsq-comment-message">Excuse me?  McCain was cleared by the Senate Ethics Panel?  I guess, if you call being rebuked as having poor judgement "cleared."  Obama, on the other hand, has had nothing to be cleared of,  unless there\'s a federal statute against living in the same neighborhood as someone who was NOT convicted of terrorism charges 40 years earlier...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896026" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896026" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896026">Reddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896026" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896026" class="dsq-comment-message">It seems John McCain has so many glass houses that he cannot keep count.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896057" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896057" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896057">LF</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896057" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896057" class="dsq-comment-message">And how about McCain\'s connection to convicted Watergate felon G. Gordon Liddy? If Obama  had ever said that Ayer\'s "principles and philosophy" are what keeps this country great, there\'d be an outcry in the corporate media. But  McCain explicitly endorsed the views espoused by the unrepentant  criminal Liddy using exactly those terms. The article below, written by  conservative columnist Steven Chapman, from the Chicago Trib appears to be the first to focus on the McCain\'s scandalous Liddy connection:<br><br><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0504chapmanmay04%2C0%2C6238795.column" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-...</a><br><br>This article from the Huffington Post reports on Liddy\'s expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/05/g-gordon-liddy-john-mccai_n_100134.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/05/g-gord...</a><br><br>McCain needs to be asked if he "denounces and rejects" Liddy\'s endorsement and whether he\'s going to return this criminal\'s substantial contributions to his campaign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896126" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896126" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896126">Pete</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896126" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896126" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama talking about  and scolding about the keating 5 seems disingenous as he just had one of the keating 5 introducing hiim at a rally the other day (john glenn). hmm.. interesting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896444" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896444" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896444">LF</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896444" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896444" class="dsq-comment-message">John Glenn is not, unlike John McCain, running for President of the United States on a platform of tax cuts for the wealthy and more deregulation of the sort that enabled the Keating debacle.  If he were, the Republicans would certainly use his Keating 5 membership against him.  <br><br>McCain says he learned his lesson from the Keating 5. But he hasn\'t even learned to avoid getting caught.  See that photo of McCain boarding the yacht of a now-convicted Italian con man and the reports of McCain\'s dealings with shady Russian oligarchs to take over the economy of Montenegro (where the yacht photo was taken).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2899794" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2899794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2899794" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">David</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2899794" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2899794" class="dsq-comment-message">If John Glenn is somehow unqualified to introduce Barack Obama at a democratic political rally because of his involvement in the Keating 5 scandal, what does that say about John McCain\'s qualifications to be president?  I think the point of Obama\'s documercial is that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.  It is John McCain\'s backstroke through the gutter that is the problem.  Had he stuck to the issues facing the American people, McCain could have kept that little story buried where it was.  Raising the issue of Obama\'s tangential association with someone who was involved in arguably dispicable acts when Obama was 8 years old merits a definitive response.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896187" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896187" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896187">Mike Holness</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896187" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896187" class="dsq-comment-message">McCaine\'s deperate measure of attempting to assassinate the character of Senator Obama contradicts his claims of being honorable.  By resorting  to these below-the-belt tactics, as oppose to discussing the sorry state of our economy, the McCaine camp is re-enforcing the long held view that they do not have a genuine concern for the well being of the populace.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896251" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896251" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896251">Jim S</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896251" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896251" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was protesting and doing his  other radical things. On the other hand, McCain was investigated for his role in the Keating five much later and has a well known reputation for being "in bed" with lobbyists. Moreover, John McCain  has had a close relationship with another well known activitist named David Ifshin and still does despite his role as activitist during the Vietnam war. So If McCain and Palin want to play that game they\'ll lose this time around.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896289" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896289" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896289">dcosby</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896289" class="dsq-comment-message">some people think that the keating stuff should have come up before ... i think Obama played it perfectly ... mccain\'s most potent political tool was what people thought of him in the press and how that molded public perception of him ... if you drop the keating stuff in june, when mccain is still regarded as an all around good guy, you risk the " smear" charge (even though it isn\'t a "smear") from the media and the tarnishing of your own "good guy" brand. but after the steady erosion of the "maverick" brand over the last month, people have lost almost all confidence in John Mccain. Now the public is ready to accept such an explosive and absolutely true charge ... mccain is toast  .... good play team obama !!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896301" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896301">pf</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896301" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896301" class="dsq-comment-message">Ari......I saw you owning a Rethug strategist on msnbc........this is the kind of response that BO need to give whenever they throw crap at him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896336" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896336">Jamie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896336" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896336" class="dsq-comment-message">Please read the following article in the Phoenix Times News from November 29, 1989:<br><br><a href="http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/1" rel="nofollow">http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2896510">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896510" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896510" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896510">Obama/Joe Mama</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896510" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896510" class="dsq-comment-message">Everyone kept complaining that Obama was too soft and not hitting back hard enough during the primaries and early in the presidential race.....Now you will see the trump cards being played by Obama to counteract the slime that the McCain camp is using.....and since it wasn\'t used before in any marketing it will be fresh and people should notice them....unlike old stories that have already be vetted by the general public regarding Obama that McCain is using......desparate people using desparate measures.....give them enough rope and they will hang themselves without Obama having to stoop to their low level tactics.....Obama needs to RISE ABOVE THE CROWD and continue to show class and confidence.....finally Americans are starting to smell the stench and are removing the rose colored glasses that too many have been wearing for 7 1/2 years......<br>My questions is: WHEN ARE RANK AND FILE DEMOCRATS GOING TO START DEFENDING OBAMA AGAINST ALL THESE ATTACKS????<br><br>OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!<br><br><br><br>Change IS coming.....it\'s called Obama/Biden 08!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896513" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896513" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896513">Lydia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896513" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896513" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama stated:.. If they keep lying about me, I am going to start telling the truth about them....<br><br>Drip, Drip, Drip..... What are the odds of a public meltdown tomorrow???</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2897951" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2897951" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2897951">bw</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2897951" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2897951" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Obama was quoting Lincoln when he said that...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2902309" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2902309" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2902309">Show Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2902309" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2902309" class="dsq-comment-message">Harry  Truman, I think... but not an exact quote</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896530" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896530">RogerF</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896530" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896530" class="dsq-comment-message">exactly what they needed to do.  stay above the fray and then occasionally hit back hard.  they can\'t drag him down to the gutter and they\'re getting desperate.  If any of the Ayers ties stick to obama, the keating stuff surely will stick to mccain.<br><br>GoBama: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6xr3b7" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/6xr3b7</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2896923" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2896923" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2896923">Marcia</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2896923" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2896923" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain Corrupt Skeletons:<br>Keating 5<br>G.Gordon Liddy<br>John Singlaud<br>The Mob Boss<br>Sara Palin - trooper gate, affairs, <br>Rick Davis - Fannie Mae<br><br>Vote record Against Vets<br>Votes Against Womens Issues<br>Votes Against Education <br>Votes For the War in Iraq<br>Adultry/Gambling</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2897255" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2897255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2897255">Lyle</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2897255" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2897255" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain is so desperate it\'s pathetic.  The American economy is in real trouble and instead of calming fears and talking about a way to solve it he just smears his opponent.  It is sad and dishonorable.  McCain probably thought Obama wouldn\'t hit back but I think the Keating 5 scandal is relevant.  And to think I used to respect John McCain.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2897343" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2897343" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2897343">Marcia</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2897343" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2897343" class="dsq-comment-message">No, the Question is really … who is the Real John McCain<br><br>Connections:<br>Connection to convicted Watergate felon G. Gordon Liddy<br>Connection to An extremist who hates blacks and Jews John Singlaud<br>Connection to 1980/90\'s S&L Scandal though Keating 5<br>Connection to now-convicted Italian con man<br>Connection to shady Russian oligarchs to take over the economy of Montenegro <br><br>Judgment:<br>Selection of Sara Palin as running mate who is involved in obstruction of justice and abuse of power investigation trooper gate<br>Selection of Rick Davis a wealthy lobbyist who got paid from Fannie Mae<br>Decision to go negative in this campaign<br>Decision to pretend to Suspend Campaign.<br><br>Voting records<br>Senate Voting Record Against GI Bill and Other spending for medical services.<br>Senate Voting Record Against Women’s Issues like Maternity leave and Birth Control<br>Senate Voting record Against Minimum wage increases<br>Senate Voting Record against Children’s Healthcare.<br>Senate voting record against public education reform.<br>Senate Voting Record 90% with GW bush.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2899375" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2899375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2899375">JG</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2899375" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2899375" class="dsq-comment-message">What about Obama receiving the highest amount of money in his short time in the Senate from Fannie Mae and Barney Frank who said Freddie and Fannie are ok.  Where were you when McCain warned the senate about Fannie and Freddie and the Democrats didn\'t want to hear it.  Why won\'t Obama let us see any records from Columbia and who paid for his education.Please give me a break.  For the few years Obama has been in politics his hands are so dirty.  He\'s a left wing radical and very scarey</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2900141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2900141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2900141">john</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2900141" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2900141" class="dsq-comment-message">My friend (to borrow the most tired of McCain\'s phrases), what on Earth does it matter who paid for someone\'s education? Who do you THINK paid for it, Osama Bin Laden? Why can\'t you right wing nut jobs get off trying to portray B. Obama as something he\'s not. You people are really amazing. All the misfortune, neglect and trouble plaguing your fellow citizens and all you want to harp on is who paid for Obama\'s education? WTF??????????????? Better start getting used to calling him "Sir". Or will you be one of those disrespectful, anti-USA crybabies who has a bumper sticker telling everyone who YOUR president is? Later dude</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2900835" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2900835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2900835" href="http://www.Abengnews.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kady</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2900835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2900835" class="dsq-comment-message">And you right wing fascists are as dumb as you are "scarey"! Critical-thinking disabled.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2903627">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2903627" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2903627" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2903627">Sarah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2903627" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2903627" class="dsq-comment-message">Grow a brain please.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2898076">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2898076" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2898076" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2898076">janeschneeman</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2898076" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2898076" class="dsq-comment-message">First let me apologize for any grammatical errors.<br>I am recently became an American Citizen and I am still learning the English language.<br>My mother use to say:<br>"The worse blind is the one which does not want to see".<br>The sad thing about all this situation (Presidential Elections 2008) is that…after all is done… (Obama wins)…people are gone say: What happened? I was so sure!<br>He sounded so good!<br>To good to be true! <br>This is what I have to say...To much talk...Who is him? Do you really know Obama? Two years in the Senate…campaigning…that’s all!<br>Promises…He says what people want to hear!<br>We all gone pay a very high price for this big mistake we (you) are getting yourselves in…<br>Open your eyes people!<br>Study the situations…get informed…Don’t believe in promises!<br>Look at the person! Their precedent…<br>Don’t you know that “were there’s smoke there’s fire?”<br>We should be more prudent with our choices…<br>We leave in a very dangerous world…very dangerous…<br>Look at the history of this world!<br>We are all living in a “lalala” world, not taking in consideration that bad people are out there, and they are planning right now, as we speak, to kill us!<br>Even if it takes 100 years…They will succeed! <br>And do you want to know why!<br>JUST BECAUSE WE CHOOSE TO BE BLIND…AND DEAF!<br>BE CAREFUL…AND… GOOD LUCK!<br>God bless you all!</div>\
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