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Seriously, Bush has been bad for our country. Obama isn't the President. There is footage of McCain saying that he voted with Bush 90% of the time (when it was popular). Therefore, McSame is bad too. Tough competitive place? Strange. You must have forgotten where you are at--the usa. Not only does China and the Saudis own our treasury of debt, but the banks and our money is closing. Scapegoat? Baby, a failure is a failure. And yes many do blame Bush for the attacks that happened during his watch and vacations at the ranch. You're sick if you believe Bush is your lord and savour. After what happened, worldwide security has changed. Fight to our enemies? You mean invading Iraq like Kuwait for its oil and an ax-to-grind with their President because he made Bush's dad look bad and lose the election against Clinton? Read my lips, torture from soldiers aren't good. Our so-called enemies are comparing us to them. Also, don't forget your lord and saviour didn't want the new GI bill. Does he really care about the soldiers?  Use your brain if you have one or get manipulated again strange person who voted for Bush twice. Look what you and your friends have done to our country...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-16_00:19:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d5d49abb2e5bf091687af766b69f6ad", "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": 2368473, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2368516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Louis Olivas, The election is about making others feel bad? That's what the election means to you? Wow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_22:58:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "f177692838a2aea3fda175b9cd7daeac", "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}, "2366726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sarah Palin and John McCain are cowards.  She refuses to take questions from her audiences (even though they are pro-McCain) and will not take questions from reporters on her campaign plane.  She has not met with a single newspaper Editorial board.  It is understandable since Charlie Gibson threw her softballs and she still looked like a fool (\"I can see Alaska from my house!\").  McCain is scared to death to let her say anything unscripted (by the way, for you \"pro-lifers\", did you hear her answer on Gibson's question about abortion?  She said that she was pro-life, but \"respected\" the views of those who disagreed with her.  SHE IS NOT A TRUE BELIEVER!  Real pro-lifer's think pro-choice advocates are immoral murderers.  She didn't want to say what she really believed because she knows that women in America would not stand for someone with such right wing views.  Gibson really let her off the hook.  All he had to do was ask \"do you believe Roe v. Wade should be overruled and will you and McCain appoint judges to the Supreme Court who will do it?  The minute she has to answer that, she will be finished.)<br><br>I know what some of you will say, \"The liberal media is biased against her and will just try to make her look bad\".    But if she had any confidence in her ability, if she knew anything other than the flash cards Karl Rove gives her, she would face the \"enemy\" and show them up.  She is proud of the fact that she has never on Meet the Press and will not go on it, but hundreds of Republicans fight to get on that show.  Obama went on O'Reilly (Why does O'Reilly ask a question then answer it himself?).  No, Palin will go on Hannity.  She will go to \"town hall meetings\" that are populated only with McCain supporters.  If I were a network or news outlet, I would not print a single word she said until she sat down for an interview.<br><br>But it doesn't matter.  The Bush/McCain economic policies and have come home to roost.  Its funny.  McCain and Palin say they will throw the bums out who did this to America.  Well, the guys who did it was Bush/Cheney.  <br><br>Finally, there is only one question I would love to ask the Republican candidates for President and Vice President  -  Are you proud of the way your President has handled his job on the economy and the war in Iraq?  I wonder what they would say?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:55:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "9670cdc3aa0f751fbe43fee48bd53102", "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}, "2366856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We need change! Let's elect two lawyers. One has a Harvard degree. That will be new in Washington. More like intellectual inbreeding.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_20:07:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "f177692838a2aea3fda175b9cd7daeac", "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}, "2366480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I used to respect Mr. McCain for his experience and age, but sadly he is showing very poor judgement and no wisdom or love for this country, he is showing his true colors, win at whatever cost , is sad, I just hope people can see that they are helping McCain create a monster, and even McCain won't be able to stop her. Both are preaching nothing but lies because that's what people want to hear, but not all people, most of us do respect our country, love our family, believe in our faith and don't have to be preaching about it, we show it with our actions, and so far, the more they talk their meaness, vicious speeches, and hiding from reality and the press or people who would like to ask her about her \"experience and judgement\" the more they are turning people off, .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:33:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "57b80bc0bea8c8a363ff74a01f83d10c", "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}, "2366737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I always wondered how hard it is to run a state that exports commodoties when commodoties are at record highs.  I don't buy her reformer image.  If Alaskans receive payouts from oil revenue's why does it receive the highest amount of earmarks per capita?  Those earmarks are serving as welfare for an entire state that doesn't need it.<br><br>I may have over simplified being a govenor, but lets admit this.  Budgets in Alaska can't be too hard when there are record prices for everything your state exports.  Tax revenue has to be up, cutting taxes must be easy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:55:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "f52530ee21e19d4249d699e4b5d7a187", "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": 2366511, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As a lifelong Democrat, I will vote Republican for the first time ever. Obama and Biden are the worst ever nominees we've had to vote for. Obama is not qualified to be president, and Biden has overstayed his welcome in the senate. Hillary should have been selected as the nominee, but the liberal kooks of the party have seized control... It's a real shame!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:28:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d5ecbc21a7b4a0a6b4e76c0c8a0738", "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": 2366265, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366488": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The bottom line is that Palin has LESS EXPERIENCE than Obama. She is also extremely irresponsible having a child at the age of 43. It is a medical fact that the older a woman becomes, especially over the age of 40, enormously increases the chances of a down syndrome baby. Palin did not even know what the BUSH DOCTRINE consisted of and she does not give a straight answer to questions. McCain is senile!! There were much better choices ELIZABETH DOLE, for example if he wanted to select a woman. The best choice for the party would have been Mike Huckaby. Palin also has a pregnant, unmarried daughter. The Relgious right would be attacking this issue like the coming of the apocalypse if this were the daughter of Obama or Biden. Just another example of hypocrisy compounded by the wacko religious fundamentalist in the DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA. McCain is attempting to become the oldest President in US History. Chances are, he will NOT SURVIVE his First Term if he is elected. The real question is \"Do you want an INEXPERIENCED, UNPROVEN, IRRESPONSIBLE person like PALIN as Commander in Chief??\" If you have an IQ anywhere in the triple digits I sincerely pray the answer would be NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:33:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "85d70b1a57f8c9a6b94bacd3adfa8019", "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}, "2369305": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No. He is not some pie in the sky political savior. Instead, he is in your face. McCain has had the same policies since the beginning of the campaign. nothing. He's been in washington for 26 years and he has just figured out that there needs to be reform and oh yeah--change. He just realized that there is something wrong with Bush. He's not fooling me, though. He is not the imagined POW & Maverick. He is a cra-zee old man that is going to make things worse. And his VP, who speaks in tongues, would continue to speak in tongues. She is like the biggest LIAR for heaven sakes. She scares me.   She remind me of the polygamist in Texas, the children of  the corn movie, and the Salem witchcraft trials. <br><br>But, McCain's plans: stay negative, lie, sell your soul to the Devil/party, and take the Democrats themes of change, enough, G-d giving potential, and fighting  for the middle class Americans while only giving tax breaks to the rich.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-16_00:37:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d5d49abb2e5bf091687af766b69f6ad", "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": 2366652, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Curious Al, sorry for the communist references and all. It's important stuff, and it's good to see that people care enough to post their thoughts and views.  I know the article looks like an editorial, bit it is a news story, which was my point. I'm still looking for the Obama version of this. It's not out there, just the attack pieces on McCain and Palin. It's sad, but ultimately ok. Remember how George Bush (dare we speak the name) won in the face of the same media headwind. Makes you wonder what the tally would be on a level media field.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:56:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "f177692838a2aea3fda175b9cd7daeac", "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}, "2366368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "After reading all this staggeringly ignorant liberal AND conservative blog \"blather\", I can only pray that none of you are registered to vote.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:23:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "7cea36943850e6dd34e62b22f7b0da26", "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}, "2373510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think the most obvious similarity between Agnew and Palin was only implied and maybe that is being overly subtle. Both are/were lying bags of manure.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-16_01:38:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8ad423500b77a5a72450d92e7cd0c2f", "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}, "2366236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jaime, YOUR VP candidate got her \"professional\" degree in JOURNALISM...comments??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:12:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "e5e131b9ead57ddc81b2edb54dce78dd", "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}, "2367017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Steve, your right.  Let's elect someone who graduated almost in the bottom of his class( who to in to the Academy because daddy was an Admiral) and a beauty queen/journalism major  who went to about 5 schools in 6 years (look it up).  Yeah, that's much more impressive than being the President of Harvard Law Review.  Do you have any idea how smart and the breadth of knowledge you need to be the President of Harvard Law Review?  And sorry, going to a great school doesn't make you and elitist.  George Bush went to Yale!  He got in cause daddy went there (the traditional affirmative action) and barely got out.    With our economy in shambles and foreign policy in disarray, let's elect stupid people!   She can see Alaska from her  porch!  Putin is shaking in his boots.  I wonder if she could see the Fed from her window, then I would know she understands something about economics.  Yes!  Stupid is better than smart. What was I thinking?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_20:29:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "9670cdc3aa0f751fbe43fee48bd53102", "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}, "2369323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Im registered and trying my best to get others to register.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-16_00:40:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d5d49abb2e5bf091687af766b69f6ad", "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": 2366368, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I Don't Believe That   Palin is going to get McCain Elected as President Of The United States <br>   That's Not Just My Appenion It's The Thoughts Of People that Don't Even Vote", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:11:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "redneck83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As an independent lifelong Alaskan woman who actually voted for Nixon-Agnew, I urge people to choose wisely.  Sarah continues the myth that she never supported the bridge to nowhere in all her speeches, except when she was in Alaska this week.. Before being tapped for VP, she promised full cooperation with an investigator into Troopergate, but now stonewalls. The GOP touts her tax cuts, but we have no state income or sales taxes to cut! Her sole foreign \"trip of a lifetime\" consists of a couple days visiting US troops in Germany and Kuwait, but \"would not blink\" at taking on Russia.<br><br>Remember a pitbull bites, but it also lacks good judgment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:35:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "70b6ae368141eaf78889f8037150e8ea", "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}, "2366257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Uhm Steve, didn't the NAZI's ban books (like AGNEW V2.0?  And the word COMRADE doesn't usually mix with NAZI's, it's for COMMUNISTS.<br><br>Regardless, this is an editorial.  Editorials have opinions.<br><br>Quick Q though.  Do you expect the news media to just throw out McCain's claims out there.  That would make them McSame's mouthpiece.  He has it, it's called Faux News.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:13:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "f52530ee21e19d4249d699e4b5d7a187", "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}, "2368434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't hardly wait till November 4. On that day when Obama / Biden  will amass 273 electoral votes to McCain / Palin 's 265, Lou Dobbs, the self-appointed reactionary at CNN will be drinking sour milk and eating raw crow. The right-wing GOP die hards will be hiding in their closets and turn off their TV sets and throw the unread newspapers into the fireplace. <br><br>Yes, Obama and Biden have already won the election, but the media won't disclose it because they want ratings. The states that will put Obama and Biden over the top are not Ohio and Florida, but Colorado and New Hampshire.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_22:50:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "a8ee378f6642e0e4a29e4f9b8e015add", "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}, "2366390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read you\u2019re Article and the only thing that comes to my mind is that you don't like her, and to compare her someone who is/was corrupt is kind of telling about you and you\u2019re Article.<br>Sorry Professor I give you a C-, because you gave a lot of False and misleading statement and did not do proper research of facts.<br><br>You\u2019re a professor of history yet you do shabby Research? Ever wonder why the Media gets pounded for loose articles when even University Professors do loose Research! <br><br>You make some far reaches in your profiling of a candidate, you should be comparing her to Biden but I guess if you did try - you\u2019ll fault your own logic?<br><br>Her Trooper Gate has been resolved and proven in her favor, yet you don\u2019t mention this in your article?<br>Her Liberian Gate has been resolved and proven in her favor, yet you don\u2019t mention this? You also don\u2019t mention the other facts of why she wanted to change these Positions and according to Alaska Policies/Laws she has the right to terminate these positions with Out Cause. <br>Sounds like someone wanting change and the Old Party Politics where trumping up charges and false Lies? Sounds familiar?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:25:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "709496dbcfe5122f63d0b85d8e8fcfb1", "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}, "2368311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now we an article about the next Carter!  There is material to also support this theory.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_22:37:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "48275268e6524199365f6d644d726c55", "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}, "2366265": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin called dinosaurs, \"Satan Lizards\" in her church.... I'm sorry, but as a lifelong Republican, I can NOT vote for her and McCain.<br>Literally, she would be the most ill-prepared and unintelligent person to hold the presidency or vice-presidency.<br>After reading Anne Kilkenney's email, I have to agree::::<br>There are literally MILLIONS of people more qualified to be vice-president than Sarah Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:14:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "1e7f7f5d8835a9fb614952b91e57240f", "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}, "2366522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Very well put.   How can she change anything if she is so lost in her own convictions.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:36:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "57b80bc0bea8c8a363ff74a01f83d10c", "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": 2366424, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "One last before I put in my last two hours of a ten hour day. I'm working my tail end off to create a future for me and mine and because, quite frankly, I like to work. In spite of this effort, it is a struggle, however it is all too obvious that this is just the way of the world. That's correct folks, the world is changing rapidly and some of the results we will like and others we will not like at all. Many of these changes will occur regardless of which party is in power, executive, legislative, or judicial. The world is changing at an increasing pace, and I happen to believe that Americans will be better of by reducing, or restricting the growth of government, creating transparency, and creating a new military to protect our sovereignty  <br><br>Obama's pronouncements and at times winning personality is very tempting. He can come across as arrogant at times, but I like confident people and often have a hard time distinguishing between the two. But Obama also appeals to those who are resentful and even hate in the abstract, and want to blame something, anything for the way things are. And then of course there are the savior save us type who will vote for anyone that is new and will rescue us from the status quo. <br><br>Folks, this isn't new! I have a brother who fancies himself as an intellectual. Kind of weird because he has worked his way into an executive position and has to be brutal and make decisions to fire and lay people off (for more profits don't you know), and he has voted for John Anderson (look it up kids), Ross Perot, and now Obama. This is a childish, almost escapist approach to choosing who will lead our republic. He is not going to save seemingly new ideas and us all from the way things have been done with his inspiring voice. <br><br>If Obama does make it in, he his going to be faced with some tough realities and you'll see a watered down version of what he wants to accomplish. Not that it's revolutionary anyway, much as the extreme right would have you believe. But there are some tough decisions and very heavy lifting that will have to take place in the maelstrom of hundreds of congressmen, senators, and their aides, being blown about by an increasingly aggressive and technically potent media. In addition to my belief that government must be contained, I am voting for John McCain because he is best equipped to perform this heavy lifting, the mundane realities of governing. John McCain is not some pie in the sky political savior like Obama or Palin; he's the real deal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:47:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "f177692838a2aea3fda175b9cd7daeac", "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}, "2369213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No...you're a moron. moron.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-16_00:24:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d5d49abb2e5bf091687af766b69f6ad", "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": 2368361, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366015": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You, along with the rest of the liberal media, have no conscious when it comes to serving your own agenda through your brand of \"journalism\" (I guess that explains why it's one of the least respected professions).  Your relentless attacks on Palin are so incredibly one-sided.  Where's the commentary of Biden?  Where's the headline about Obama's drug use or his association to a hate church for 20 years?  Your attempts to influence the uninformed are shameful.  The American people are more insightful than you think my friend.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_18:51:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "e2b502990ac21c665c9a512217721fc9", "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}, "2367297": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This Democrat is going to vote for Obama/Biden.  have the sneaking suspocoin that all of you so called \"democrats\" that are going to vote republican this year are either really Republicans trying to find away to drum up some new disinformation on behalf of the rnc by calling yourself a democrat, or you're just scared of a black man being president. Either way, you are obviously one of the many mindless lemmings who can't wait to jump off the Bush/McCain cliff and try to take the rest of the country with you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_20:56:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ab97fb538215d5e324cca84fa0ae7fb", "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": 2366449, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pasted below is an example of a \"news\" story from the AP. This is at least the 6th article of this type I've encountered in the past 5 days. As they write about McCain or Palin's statements, they bother to counter each one with partial facts to discredit the statements. I posting this to ask any Obama supporter to past a similar example written about Obama. It should be on from a \"news\" organization, written as a \"news\" article and not commentary, with multiple attempts to refute what Obama has stated. <br><br>This is why the Republicans will be forced to go negative. If you don't want  this to occur, call your comdrades(use your giant facist brownshirt email list) and go protest in front of the news orgs HQ. You won't because it favors your candidate. So spare the faux disdain for negative campaigning. I would swear that this article is something that would be published directly out of Obamas' ntational HQ.<br><br><br><br>By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent 38 minutes ago<br><br>GOLDEN, Colo. - Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special needs children if Republicans win the White House this fall, and drew cheers when she said, \"too often government is the problem\" rather than the solution.<br><br>Campaigning on her own, the Alaska governor also said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama \"wants to raise income taxes and raise payroll taxes and raise investment income taxes and raise business taxes and raise the death tax.<br><br>\"But John McCain and I know that's not the way you grow the economy,\" she added.<br><br>In fact, independent groups such as the Tax Policy Center have concluded that four out of five U.S. households would receive tax cuts under Obama's proposal, which include higher income and payroll taxes only for the wealthiest wage-earners.<br><br>McCain's selection of Palin a little over two weeks ago has brought renewed enthusiasm to his campaign, particularly among conservatives who have long been wary of him. Yet the governor, with little experience outside her own state, has largely been kept out of public view while aides seek to bring her up to date on a range of issues.<br><br>The current trip is her first outside her home state without McCain, and the schedule was relatively light, with only a speech in Colorado and a fundraiser in Ohio. The governor has had only one substantive media interview since joining the ticket, and she and her husband, Todd, ignored reporters' shouted questions throughout the day.<br><br>Aides went to unusual lengths to maintain her privacy aboard her chartered campaign jet, pulling a curtain across the center aisle to separate the Palins and their top aides from the rest of the passengers.<br><br>Appearing before an enthusiastic crowd in swing-state Colorado, Palin struck populist themes. She said that as governor of Alaska she had broken \"the old oil monopoly that had controlled\" the state, and eliminated the \"good-ol'-boys network of lobbyists and special interests\" once in power.<br><br>She also referred to her time as mayor of Wasilla in terms that echoed former President Reagan, a hero to many conservatives.<br><br>\"We became part of the fastest growing area of the state because businesses wanted to be there,\" she said. \"They also knew that they would have elected leaders knowing that government isn't always the answer. In fact, too often government is the problem.\"<br><br>Presenting her credentials as a reformer, she told her audience that she had told Congress \"thanks, but no thanks\" when it came to the so-called Bridge to Nowhere, designed to link a small Alaskan village with the mainland. She made no mention of the fact that she favored federal funding for the structure before she turned against it.<br><br>She also said, without elaboration, that \"too often, the government gets in the way when innovators take on cancer or Parkinson's or Alzheimers.<br><br>\"To help Americans overcome these terrible diseases, our administration will lead efforts to find new treatments and cures,\" said Palin. The governor did not mention embryonic stem cell research, which many advocates say holds the key to treatment or even cures of numerous diseases. Palin, along with many other conservatives, oppose federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. McCain's campaign is currently airing a radio commercial that indicates support for an expansion of the federal involvement in stem cell research.<br><br>The speech was the first time Palin has indicated what role McCain might give her in his administration.<br><br>She said Alaska has nearly 20 percent of the nation's supply of oil and gas and said her job as vice president would be to help McCain, \"implement his 'all of the above' strategy for energy independence.\"<br><br>She also said she would play a role in an effort to reform government.<br><br>\"I've got another idea that I think Senator McCain likes. In Alaska, we took the state checkbook and put it online, so everyone can see where their money goes. We're going to bring that kind of openness to Washington,\" she said.<br><br>In fact, there already is a searchable database that allows the public to track federal grants and contracts, and Obama was a principle force behind the 2006 law that created it, along with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.<br><br>The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act is one of Obama's few legislative accomplishments in his short Senate tenure.<br><br>Palin, who has a four-month-old son with Down Syndrome, said she would ensure government is on the side of families with special needs children.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:03:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "f177692838a2aea3fda175b9cd7daeac", "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}, "2366789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Betty, I agree that McCain's campaign is trying to pump up her foreign policy experience, by overplaying this trip.  They tried to imply that she was in Iraq when she wasn't  and therefore incorrectly imply she is an expert on Iraq.  Just like her trip to Ireland, which amounts to a refueling stop.  And please proximity to Russia is not a qualification to be Vice President.  I live near a Federal Reserve Bank, that doesn't qualify me to be the Fed Chair.  <br>Reform? She would have to start with her state first since they got the most earmarks per capita of any state.  Transparent government? Well okay then release the 1100 emails she has withheld, and lets talk about the other bridge to nowhere, which Palin is saying yes, please to.  McCain is now claiming he carries the mantle of change, and yes for this election he has changed starting with his stance on the Bush Tax Cuts, drilling, torture, sucking up to the far right, and taking the high road.  I was actually a McCain supporter in 2000, but have been really disappointed that he has sacrificed his integrity to win this election.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:59:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "4744b099c55916cd705e0436f5c5faf5", "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": 2366511, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2369353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you know you wasn't going to vote for Obama no matter what. why do you waste so much time when you already know the truth?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-16_00:42:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d5d49abb2e5bf091687af766b69f6ad", "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": 2366425, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366156": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "more liberal blather. sigh, wasted time reading tabloid trash, should have just turned on dnctv if i wanted bias", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:04:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "3bc726f7a9e8f5c3a041179080f29756", "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}, "2366925": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cultural and Social Darwinism will not save this country from its economic woes. Cultural wars will enhance division among Americans .This will not help the war effort.\" United we stand/divided we fall \"remember? Rural families are no better or worse than urban families. they are both American families. I will not vote for a candidate that  runs a campaign based on the highlighting of differences among people.  No McCain/ No Palin", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_20:17:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "a13c1942df82ed1ccb6d1a21006d240e", "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}, "2366543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let me guess... you are suffering from alzheimers???", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:38:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d5ecbc21a7b4a0a6b4e76c0c8a0738", "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": 2366511, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366673": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pretty good article, spot on.  The history is there.  <br><br>I called this the day after she was selected as McCain's VP for other reason.  I did my research on Spiro Agnew only after finding out he was the last sitting govenor to become VP, which Palin would be the next.   Also, Spiro was chosen over a popular Romney as well.<br><br>I do have my disagreements though, while Agnew was undoubtedly Nixon's attack dog, McCain's campaign has pretty much been doing that without her.<br><br>You can scream biasness all you want, but this is an Editorial.  Editorials are the OPINIONS of the editors.  But, take a look at the information.  It's for the most part true.  Agnew satisifed conservatives,  was a political newcomer, a suprise pick and had legal problems.  These are all things Palin has as well.  <br><br>Disagree with the presentation, but the facts are present.  It's an editorial,  get over it folks.  They appear in the \"Opinion\" section of the newspaper.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:49:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "f52530ee21e19d4249d699e4b5d7a187", "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}, "2386514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think a comparison of McCain's honesty with Nixon's honesty would also be very valid", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-16_12:42:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "1c4e970d5764c8d8c5c9d8898d684401", "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}, "2368342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey MarvAlan, any presidential scholar will tell you that Nixon and Carter are two of the smartest presidents in recent memory. And trust me son, the business and government landscape is littered with some incredibly intelligent folk. Electing a prez is a little more complex than finding the smartest policy wonk or a lawyer.<br><br>MarvAlan, wasn't that the guy who was caught having sex wearing diapers? Maybe that was Marv Albert.<br><br>At any rate, you're obviously a lot smarter than I am and I probably shouldn't even vote 'cause I'm stupid. Wait a minute you ACTUALLY think that the president, whether McCain or Obama is going to have a significant impact on the economy? AND you think that the fed gives a rats #$@# what any president thinks?  Ok, never mind. I'm voting, and you should stay home. Good grief. Read up boy, Read up.<br><br>And what is this hating in the abstract thing with Bush. Hate is a very personal thing, that when transfered to a public figure, speaks more about the person hating than the object of that emotion. Are you allright? Let's see, the caustic comments were \"beauty queen\", are you ugly or losing your hair?. There was \"daddy got him into Yale\", did you flunk out. Is that it? Oh, and one more, \"stupid\". Well, its just  a lame comment. <br><br>Or is this whole hate Bush thing just a modern societies the classic need to create a villan and worship a hero. Now that's an interesting idea to follow. There have been some comparisons to Obama the community organizer being like Jesus the community organizer. Perhaps the better comparison is Bush being made a scapegoat like Jesus and crucified. And you helped.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_22:40:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "f177692838a2aea3fda175b9cd7daeac", "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}, "2366424": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin is a self-righteous, religious hypocrit.  While she so gleefully paraded her unwed pregnant daughter and boyfriend across the stage at the convention, she was simutaneouly sending a message to teenagers in the United States and abroad that sex before marriage is acceptable, and if it feels good just do it, only, if you get pregnant keep the baby.  This was a gigantic slap in God's face and in the faces of mothers and fathers trying to instill biblical sexual morality into their children.  Instead of showing a penitent heart before the world, she used the convention as a bully-pulpit spewing out self-righteous venom and hatred.  Palin is a not not fit to hold any office in the United States of America, and GOD CERTAINLY DOES NOT APPROVE HER MESSAGE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:28:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "bf1bf6d4157543b5eeb5783e2d82c61b", "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}, "2368473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Somebody post the non-editorial news article like the AP story I post below that is critical of Obama. IT DOESN\"T EXIST!   Some of you have broken down and can't think for yourselves. Bush bad. Obama good. McCain like Bush. Wait, why are we mad at Bush again. It can be that the world is a tough competitive place and we don't like the reality of this so we look for a scapegoat. Darn you Bush for making those terrorist attack our country!  Darn you bush for ensuring that there hasn't been another attack in our country for the past seven years (c'mon give him THAT). Darn you Bush for making a tough and INCREDIBLY unpopular decision to take the fight to our enemies. And darn you Bush for having the courage to allow those in the military to prosecute this war even when they made mistakes only to fix them later and enjoy great succuss that very few thought we'd ever see. Stupid Bush!  I hate in the abstract! You hear me? Huh, I guess not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_22:54:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "f177692838a2aea3fda175b9cd7daeac", "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}, "2366044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The liberals on the left are only jealous that they did not anticipate a woman would be popular in the overall scheme of the national election. Biden will enforce that Obama and his inexperience will not win the election. Hillary will not bad mouth another woman, much less the Governor of Alaska. The Clinton's will do anything to be President, again. This will not ever happen anyway. The majority of voters in the USA can see through the usual tax and spend mentality of the DNC.The brilliant decision to nominate Sarah Palin as Vice President will ensure the McCain and Palin ticket a sure waltz to victory in November! Despite her pundits, Palin will prevail and McCain will be elected President. Semper Fi...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_18:55:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "6cb24d30bfacce6fabff8a6f605ab701", "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}, "2366175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Both where also picked over a Romney!  And, there is 40 years difference.  Lightning struck twice!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:06:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "f52530ee21e19d4249d699e4b5d7a187", "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}, "2367073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This Republican is going to vote for Obama and Biden. I supported McCain in 2000, but have been disappointed by his \"change\" in sucking up to Bush and the far right, and we have tried the economic policies for eight years and it hasn't worked out for us.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_20:34:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "4744b099c55916cd705e0436f5c5faf5", "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": 2366449, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Come on Anne Kilkenny had an Axe to grind because she didn't like Palin, Most of her iformation in the email has been proven to be False and remarks made in a pattern of mis-guidness by Kilkenney.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:29:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "709496dbcfe5122f63d0b85d8e8fcfb1", "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": 2366265, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I take great delight in knowing that 1/2 the supposed Obama supporters will vote McCain once inside the confines of the voting booth. At which point Hillary Clinton will receive the blame for another Democratic loss.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_18:55:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "75342d581e89a74046da9bc056450700", "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}, "2368361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow, you're a moron.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_22:42:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "1b24581b5de18bbfef24f7ef11505b6e", "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": 2366726, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2366449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This Democrat is going to vote for McCain and Palin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_19:31:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d5ecbc21a7b4a0a6b4e76c0c8a0738", "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": 2366232, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2367475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama/Biden '08!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_21:14:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ab97fb538215d5e324cca84fa0ae7fb", "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}, "2366069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bad Decisions, Steve!  She is as corrupt as the party leaders above her.<br><br>With the economy where it is today,  I believe that Bin Laden may actually accomplish what he set out to do in the first place-destroy our economy and our way of life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-15_18:57:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "5c61dc142faf91e354ee56f800be4d14", "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}, "2624761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I expanded on the palin/agnew thing, so come look on my blog <a href=\"http://gregplus.blogspot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">gregplus.blogspot.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-25_09:41:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "e025c5047eeecf1019333113aff0bc6d", "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}, "4075899": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She is a moron. There is no getting around it. She makes Dan Quail seem eloquent. She is indeed the Tanya Harding of politics. She is the bankrupt NASCAR mom.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-30_16:55:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "471e00097b8e2f8e87b3864c9a726a4f", "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}, "2366117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope that in end the next few weeks, someone will have the nerve in the media to point out all the poison that the Republician Party is putting our country through just for the White House. A true American Christian  is a healer not a divider!! I hope it will be worth it for Ms. Palin when the dust settles. Evil and lies always comes back to get one in the end. 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/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
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Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
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	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
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	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
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				: '%(num)s likes'
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	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
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};
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Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '21bc467119200cb06806902fa8e2f5b0';
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) {
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};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
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};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
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};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
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/**
 * 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() {
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	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/the_next_agnew/reply.html';
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	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
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	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

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			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
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	};
	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) {
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			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
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	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
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			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

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

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
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			return Dsq.$(id);
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			tag = tag || 'div';
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			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
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			return null;
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	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
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			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
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			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
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	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
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	this.findPos = function(obj) {
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	this.getScrollPos = function() {
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			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
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		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
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			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
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		};
	};

	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">118</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/the_next_agnew/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" >Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" selected="selected">Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/the_next_agnew/">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/the_next_agnew/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:4590117" 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'				: 'the_next_agnew',
			// 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/the_next_agnew/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='	+ 'the_next_agnew'
			+ '&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='	+ 'the_next_agnew'
			+ '&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='		+ 'the_next_agnew'
				+ '&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/4590117/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-4075899">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4075899" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4075899" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4075899" href="http://www.theauk.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">don toledo</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4075899" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4075899" class="dsq-comment-message">She is a moron. There is no getting around it. She makes Dan Quail seem eloquent. She is indeed the Tanya Harding of politics. She is the bankrupt NASCAR mom.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2624761">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2624761" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2624761" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2624761" href="http://gregplus.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">greg</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2624761" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2624761" class="dsq-comment-message">I expanded on the palin/agnew thing, so come look on my blog <a href="http://gregplus.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">gregplus.blogspot.com</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2386514">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2386514" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2386514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2386514">Q</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2386514" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2386514" class="dsq-comment-message">I think a comparison of McCain\'s honesty with Nixon\'s honesty would also be very valid</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2373510">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2373510" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2373510" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2373510">y b subtle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2373510" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2373510" class="dsq-comment-message">I think the most obvious similarity between Agnew and Palin was only implied and maybe that is being overly subtle. Both are/were lying bags of manure.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2368516">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2368516" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2368516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2368516">Steve</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2368516" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2368516" class="dsq-comment-message">Louis Olivas, The election is about making others feel bad? That\'s what the election means to you? Wow.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2368473">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2368473" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2368473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2368473">Steve</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2368473" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2368473" class="dsq-comment-message">Somebody post the non-editorial news article like the AP story I post below that is critical of Obama. IT DOESN"T EXIST!   Some of you have broken down and can\'t think for yourselves. Bush bad. Obama good. McCain like Bush. Wait, why are we mad at Bush again. It can be that the world is a tough competitive place and we don\'t like the reality of this so we look for a scapegoat. Darn you Bush for making those terrorist attack our country!  Darn you bush for ensuring that there hasn\'t been another attack in our country for the past seven years (c\'mon give him THAT). Darn you Bush for making a tough and INCREDIBLY unpopular decision to take the fight to our enemies. And darn you Bush for having the courage to allow those in the military to prosecute this war even when they made mistakes only to fix them later and enjoy great succuss that very few thought we\'d ever see. Stupid Bush!  I hate in the abstract! You hear me? Huh, I guess not.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2369180">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2369180" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2369180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2369180">grapes</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2369180" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2369180" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree : Some of you (like Steve) have broken down and can\'t think for yourselves. Seriously, Bush has been bad for our country. Obama isn\'t the President. There is footage of McCain saying that he voted with Bush 90% of the time (when it was popular). Therefore, McSame is bad too. Tough competitive place? Strange. You must have forgotten where you are at--the usa. Not only does China and the Saudis own our treasury of debt, but the banks and our money is closing. Scapegoat? Baby, a failure is a failure. And yes many do blame Bush for the attacks that happened during his watch and vacations at the ranch. You\'re sick if you believe Bush is your lord and savour. After what happened, worldwide security has changed. Fight to our enemies? You mean invading Iraq like Kuwait for its oil and an ax-to-grind with their President because he made Bush\'s dad look bad and lose the election against Clinton? Read my lips, torture from soldiers aren\'t good. Our so-called enemies are comparing us to them. Also, don\'t forget your lord and saviour didn\'t want the new GI bill. Does he really care about the soldiers?  Use your brain if you have one or get manipulated again strange person who voted for Bush twice. Look what you and your friends have done to our country...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2368434">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2368434" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2368434" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2368434">Louis Olivas</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2368434" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2368434" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t hardly wait till November 4. On that day when Obama / Biden  will amass 273 electoral votes to McCain / Palin \'s 265, Lou Dobbs, the self-appointed reactionary at CNN will be drinking sour milk and eating raw crow. The right-wing GOP die hards will be hiding in their closets and turn off their TV sets and throw the unread newspapers into the fireplace. <br><br>Yes, Obama and Biden have already won the election, but the media won\'t disclose it because they want ratings. The states that will put Obama and Biden over the top are not Ohio and Florida, but Colorado and New Hampshire.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2368342">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2368342" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2368342" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2368342">Steve</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2368342" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2368342" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey MarvAlan, any presidential scholar will tell you that Nixon and Carter are two of the smartest presidents in recent memory. And trust me son, the business and government landscape is littered with some incredibly intelligent folk. Electing a prez is a little more complex than finding the smartest policy wonk or a lawyer.<br><br>MarvAlan, wasn\'t that the guy who was caught having sex wearing diapers? Maybe that was Marv Albert.<br><br>At any rate, you\'re obviously a lot smarter than I am and I probably shouldn\'t even vote \'cause I\'m stupid. Wait a minute you ACTUALLY think that the president, whether McCain or Obama is going to have a significant impact on the economy? AND you think that the fed gives a rats #$@# what any president thinks?  Ok, never mind. I\'m voting, and you should stay home. Good grief. Read up boy, Read up.<br><br>And what is this hating in the abstract thing with Bush. Hate is a very personal thing, that when transfered to a public figure, speaks more about the person hating than the object of that emotion. Are you allright? Let\'s see, the caustic comments were "beauty queen", are you ugly or losing your hair?. There was "daddy got him into Yale", did you flunk out. Is that it? Oh, and one more, "stupid". Well, its just  a lame comment. <br><br>Or is this whole hate Bush thing just a modern societies the classic need to create a villan and worship a hero. Now that\'s an interesting idea to follow. There have been some comparisons to Obama the community organizer being like Jesus the community organizer. Perhaps the better comparison is Bush being made a scapegoat like Jesus and crucified. And you helped.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2368311">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2368311" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2368311" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2368311">rbas1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2368311" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2368311" class="dsq-comment-message">Now we an article about the next Carter!  There is material to also support this theory.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2367475">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2367475" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2367475" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2367475" href="http://www.exxonmccain.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Adam Thomas</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2367475" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2367475" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama/Biden \'08!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2367017">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2367017" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2367017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2367017">MarvAlan</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2367017" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2367017" class="dsq-comment-message">Steve, your right.  Let\'s elect someone who graduated almost in the bottom of his class( who to in to the Academy because daddy was an Admiral) and a beauty queen/journalism major  who went to about 5 schools in 6 years (look it up).  Yeah, that\'s much more impressive than being the President of Harvard Law Review.  Do you have any idea how smart and the breadth of knowledge you need to be the President of Harvard Law Review?  And sorry, going to a great school doesn\'t make you and elitist.  George Bush went to Yale!  He got in cause daddy went there (the traditional affirmative action) and barely got out.    With our economy in shambles and foreign policy in disarray, let\'s elect stupid people!   She can see Alaska from her  porch!  Putin is shaking in his boots.  I wonder if she could see the Fed from her window, then I would know she understands something about economics.  Yes!  Stupid is better than smart. What was I thinking?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366925">Darrin B</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366925" class="dsq-comment-message">Cultural and Social Darwinism will not save this country from its economic woes. Cultural wars will enhance division among Americans .This will not help the war effort." United we stand/divided we fall "remember? Rural families are no better or worse than urban families. they are both American families. I will not vote for a candidate that  runs a campaign based on the highlighting of differences among people.  No McCain/ No Palin</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366856" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366856">Steve</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366856" class="dsq-comment-message">We need change! Let\'s elect two lawyers. One has a Harvard degree. That will be new in Washington. More like intellectual inbreeding.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366748" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366748">Steve</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366748" class="dsq-comment-message">Curious Al, sorry for the communist references and all. It\'s important stuff, and it\'s good to see that people care enough to post their thoughts and views.  I know the article looks like an editorial, bit it is a news story, which was my point. I\'m still looking for the Obama version of this. It\'s not out there, just the attack pieces on McCain and Palin. It\'s sad, but ultimately ok. Remember how George Bush (dare we speak the name) won in the face of the same media headwind. Makes you wonder what the tally would be on a level media field.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366726">MarvAlan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366726" class="dsq-comment-message">Sarah Palin and John McCain are cowards.  She refuses to take questions from her audiences (even though they are pro-McCain) and will not take questions from reporters on her campaign plane.  She has not met with a single newspaper Editorial board.  It is understandable since Charlie Gibson threw her softballs and she still looked like a fool ("I can see Alaska from my house!").  McCain is scared to death to let her say anything unscripted (by the way, for you "pro-lifers", did you hear her answer on Gibson\'s question about abortion?  She said that she was pro-life, but "respected" the views of those who disagreed with her.  SHE IS NOT A TRUE BELIEVER!  Real pro-lifer\'s think pro-choice advocates are immoral murderers.  She didn\'t want to say what she really believed because she knows that women in America would not stand for someone with such right wing views.  Gibson really let her off the hook.  All he had to do was ask "do you believe Roe v. Wade should be overruled and will you and McCain appoint judges to the Supreme Court who will do it?  The minute she has to answer that, she will be finished.)<br><br>I know what some of you will say, "The liberal media is biased against her and will just try to make her look bad".    But if she had any confidence in her ability, if she knew anything other than the flash cards Karl Rove gives her, she would face the "enemy" and show them up.  She is proud of the fact that she has never on Meet the Press and will not go on it, but hundreds of Republicans fight to get on that show.  Obama went on O\'Reilly (Why does O\'Reilly ask a question then answer it himself?).  No, Palin will go on Hannity.  She will go to "town hall meetings" that are populated only with McCain supporters.  If I were a network or news outlet, I would not print a single word she said until she sat down for an interview.<br><br>But it doesn\'t matter.  The Bush/McCain economic policies and have come home to roost.  Its funny.  McCain and Palin say they will throw the bums out who did this to America.  Well, the guys who did it was Bush/Cheney.  <br><br>Finally, there is only one question I would love to ask the Republican candidates for President and Vice President  -  Are you proud of the way your President has handled his job on the economy and the war in Iraq?  I wonder what they would say?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2368361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2368361">joshua</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2368361" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, you\'re a moron.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2369213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2369213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2369213">grapes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2369213" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2369213" class="dsq-comment-message">No...you\'re a moron. moron.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366673" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366673" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366673">Curious Al</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366673" class="dsq-comment-message">Pretty good article, spot on.  The history is there.  <br><br>I called this the day after she was selected as McCain\'s VP for other reason.  I did my research on Spiro Agnew only after finding out he was the last sitting govenor to become VP, which Palin would be the next.   Also, Spiro was chosen over a popular Romney as well.<br><br>I do have my disagreements though, while Agnew was undoubtedly Nixon\'s attack dog, McCain\'s campaign has pretty much been doing that without her.<br><br>You can scream biasness all you want, but this is an Editorial.  Editorials are the OPINIONS of the editors.  But, take a look at the information.  It\'s for the most part true.  Agnew satisifed conservatives,  was a political newcomer, a suprise pick and had legal problems.  These are all things Palin has as well.  <br><br>Disagree with the presentation, but the facts are present.  It\'s an editorial,  get over it folks.  They appear in the "Opinion" section of the newspaper.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366652">Steve</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366652" class="dsq-comment-message">One last before I put in my last two hours of a ten hour day. I\'m working my tail end off to create a future for me and mine and because, quite frankly, I like to work. In spite of this effort, it is a struggle, however it is all too obvious that this is just the way of the world. That\'s correct folks, the world is changing rapidly and some of the results we will like and others we will not like at all. Many of these changes will occur regardless of which party is in power, executive, legislative, or judicial. The world is changing at an increasing pace, and I happen to believe that Americans will be better of by reducing, or restricting the growth of government, creating transparency, and creating a new military to protect our sovereignty  <br><br>Obama\'s pronouncements and at times winning personality is very tempting. He can come across as arrogant at times, but I like confident people and often have a hard time distinguishing between the two. But Obama also appeals to those who are resentful and even hate in the abstract, and want to blame something, anything for the way things are. And then of course there are the savior save us type who will vote for anyone that is new and will rescue us from the status quo. <br><br>Folks, this isn\'t new! I have a brother who fancies himself as an intellectual. Kind of weird because he has worked his way into an executive position and has to be brutal and make decisions to fire and lay people off (for more profits don\'t you know), and he has voted for John Anderson (look it up kids), Ross Perot, and now Obama. This is a childish, almost escapist approach to choosing who will lead our republic. He is not going to save seemingly new ideas and us all from the way things have been done with his inspiring voice. <br><br>If Obama does make it in, he his going to be faced with some tough realities and you\'ll see a watered down version of what he wants to accomplish. Not that it\'s revolutionary anyway, much as the extreme right would have you believe. But there are some tough decisions and very heavy lifting that will have to take place in the maelstrom of hundreds of congressmen, senators, and their aides, being blown about by an increasingly aggressive and technically potent media. In addition to my belief that government must be contained, I am voting for John McCain because he is best equipped to perform this heavy lifting, the mundane realities of governing. John McCain is not some pie in the sky political savior like Obama or Palin; he\'s the real deal.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2369305" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2369305" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2369305">grapes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2369305" class="dsq-comment-message">No. He is not some pie in the sky political savior. Instead, he is in your face. McCain has had the same policies since the beginning of the campaign. nothing. He\'s been in washington for 26 years and he has just figured out that there needs to be reform and oh yeah--change. He just realized that there is something wrong with Bush. He\'s not fooling me, though. He is not the imagined POW & Maverick. He is a cra-zee old man that is going to make things worse. And his VP, who speaks in tongues, would continue to speak in tongues. She is like the biggest LIAR for heaven sakes. She scares me.   She remind me of the polygamist in Texas, the children of  the corn movie, and the Salem witchcraft trials. <br><br>But, McCain\'s plans: stay negative, lie, sell your soul to the Devil/party, and take the Democrats themes of change, enough, G-d giving potential, and fighting  for the middle class Americans while only giving tax breaks to the rich.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366511" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366511">betty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366511" class="dsq-comment-message">As an independent lifelong Alaskan woman who actually voted for Nixon-Agnew, I urge people to choose wisely.  Sarah continues the myth that she never supported the bridge to nowhere in all her speeches, except when she was in Alaska this week.. Before being tapped for VP, she promised full cooperation with an investigator into Troopergate, but now stonewalls. The GOP touts her tax cuts, but we have no state income or sales taxes to cut! Her sole foreign "trip of a lifetime" consists of a couple days visiting US troops in Germany and Kuwait, but "would not blink" at taking on Russia.<br><br>Remember a pitbull bites, but it also lacks good judgment.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366789">McLIes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366789" class="dsq-comment-message">Betty, I agree that McCain\'s campaign is trying to pump up her foreign policy experience, by overplaying this trip.  They tried to imply that she was in Iraq when she wasn\'t  and therefore incorrectly imply she is an expert on Iraq.  Just like her trip to Ireland, which amounts to a refueling stop.  And please proximity to Russia is not a qualification to be Vice President.  I live near a Federal Reserve Bank, that doesn\'t qualify me to be the Fed Chair.  <br>Reform? She would have to start with her state first since they got the most earmarks per capita of any state.  Transparent government? Well okay then release the 1100 emails she has withheld, and lets talk about the other bridge to nowhere, which Palin is saying yes, please to.  McCain is now claiming he carries the mantle of change, and yes for this election he has changed starting with his stance on the Bush Tax Cuts, drilling, torture, sucking up to the far right, and taking the high road.  I was actually a McCain supporter in 2000, but have been really disappointed that he has sacrificed his integrity to win this election.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366737">Curious Al</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366737" class="dsq-comment-message">I always wondered how hard it is to run a state that exports commodoties when commodoties are at record highs.  I don\'t buy her reformer image.  If Alaskans receive payouts from oil revenue\'s why does it receive the highest amount of earmarks per capita?  Those earmarks are serving as welfare for an entire state that doesn\'t need it.<br><br>I may have over simplified being a govenor, but lets admit this.  Budgets in Alaska can\'t be too hard when there are record prices for everything your state exports.  Tax revenue has to be up, cutting taxes must be easy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366543" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366543" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366543">Michael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366543" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366543" class="dsq-comment-message">Let me guess... you are suffering from alzheimers???</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366488" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366488" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366488">Concerned American</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366488" class="dsq-comment-message">The bottom line is that Palin has LESS EXPERIENCE than Obama. She is also extremely irresponsible having a child at the age of 43. It is a medical fact that the older a woman becomes, especially over the age of 40, enormously increases the chances of a down syndrome baby. Palin did not even know what the BUSH DOCTRINE consisted of and she does not give a straight answer to questions. McCain is senile!! There were much better choices ELIZABETH DOLE, for example if he wanted to select a woman. The best choice for the party would have been Mike Huckaby. Palin also has a pregnant, unmarried daughter. The Relgious right would be attacking this issue like the coming of the apocalypse if this were the daughter of Obama or Biden. Just another example of hypocrisy compounded by the wacko religious fundamentalist in the DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA. McCain is attempting to become the oldest President in US History. Chances are, he will NOT SURVIVE his First Term if he is elected. The real question is "Do you want an INEXPERIENCED, UNPROVEN, IRRESPONSIBLE person like PALIN as Commander in Chief??" If you have an IQ anywhere in the triple digits I sincerely pray the answer would be NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366480" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366480" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366480">Anna</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366480" class="dsq-comment-message">I used to respect Mr. McCain for his experience and age, but sadly he is showing very poor judgement and no wisdom or love for this country, he is showing his true colors, win at whatever cost , is sad, I just hope people can see that they are helping McCain create a monster, and even McCain won\'t be able to stop her. Both are preaching nothing but lies because that\'s what people want to hear, but not all people, most of us do respect our country, love our family, believe in our faith and don\'t have to be preaching about it, we show it with our actions, and so far, the more they talk their meaness, vicious speeches, and hiding from reality and the press or people who would like to ask her about her "experience and judgement" the more they are turning people off, .</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366424" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366424" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366424">Annie Walker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366424" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is a self-righteous, religious hypocrit.  While she so gleefully paraded her unwed pregnant daughter and boyfriend across the stage at the convention, she was simutaneouly sending a message to teenagers in the United States and abroad that sex before marriage is acceptable, and if it feels good just do it, only, if you get pregnant keep the baby.  This was a gigantic slap in God\'s face and in the faces of mothers and fathers trying to instill biblical sexual morality into their children.  Instead of showing a penitent heart before the world, she used the convention as a bully-pulpit spewing out self-righteous venom and hatred.  Palin is a not not fit to hold any office in the United States of America, and GOD CERTAINLY DOES NOT APPROVE HER MESSAGE!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366522" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366522" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366522">Anna</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366522" class="dsq-comment-message">Very well put.   How can she change anything if she is so lost in her own convictions.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366390" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366390">Parker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366390" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366390" class="dsq-comment-message">I read you’re Article and the only thing that comes to my mind is that you don\'t like her, and to compare her someone who is/was corrupt is kind of telling about you and you’re Article.<br>Sorry Professor I give you a C-, because you gave a lot of False and misleading statement and did not do proper research of facts.<br><br>You’re a professor of history yet you do shabby Research? Ever wonder why the Media gets pounded for loose articles when even University Professors do loose Research! <br><br>You make some far reaches in your profiling of a candidate, you should be comparing her to Biden but I guess if you did try - you’ll fault your own logic?<br><br>Her Trooper Gate has been resolved and proven in her favor, yet you don’t mention this in your article?<br>Her Liberian Gate has been resolved and proven in her favor, yet you don’t mention this? You also don’t mention the other facts of why she wanted to change these Positions and according to Alaska Policies/Laws she has the right to terminate these positions with Out Cause. <br>Sounds like someone wanting change and the Old Party Politics where trumping up charges and false Lies? Sounds familiar?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366368" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366368">liezer</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366368" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366368" class="dsq-comment-message">After reading all this staggeringly ignorant liberal AND conservative blog "blather", I can only pray that none of you are registered to vote.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2369323" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2369323" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2369323">grapes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2369323" class="dsq-comment-message">Im registered and trying my best to get others to register.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366265" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366265">GOP supporter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366265" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366265" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin called dinosaurs, "Satan Lizards" in her church.... I\'m sorry, but as a lifelong Republican, I can NOT vote for her and McCain.<br>Literally, she would be the most ill-prepared and unintelligent person to hold the presidency or vice-presidency.<br>After reading Anne Kilkenney\'s email, I have to agree::::<br>There are literally MILLIONS of people more qualified to be vice-president than Sarah Palin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366435" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366435" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366435">Parker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366435" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366435" class="dsq-comment-message">Come on Anne Kilkenny had an Axe to grind because she didn\'t like Palin, Most of her iformation in the email has been proven to be False and remarks made in a pattern of mis-guidness by Kilkenney.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366425" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366425" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366425">Michael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366425" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366425" class="dsq-comment-message">As a lifelong Democrat, I will vote Republican for the first time ever. Obama and Biden are the worst ever nominees we\'ve had to vote for. Obama is not qualified to be president, and Biden has overstayed his welcome in the senate. Hillary should have been selected as the nominee, but the liberal kooks of the party have seized control... It\'s a real shame!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2369353" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2369353">grapes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2369353" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2369353" class="dsq-comment-message">you know you wasn\'t going to vote for Obama no matter what. why do you waste so much time when you already know the truth?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366257" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366257" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366257">Curious Al</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366257" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366257" class="dsq-comment-message">Uhm Steve, didn\'t the NAZI\'s ban books (like AGNEW V2.0?  And the word COMRADE doesn\'t usually mix with NAZI\'s, it\'s for COMMUNISTS.<br><br>Regardless, this is an editorial.  Editorials have opinions.<br><br>Quick Q though.  Do you expect the news media to just throw out McCain\'s claims out there.  That would make them McSame\'s mouthpiece.  He has it, it\'s called Faux News.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366236">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366236" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366236">NLP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366236" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366236" class="dsq-comment-message">Jaime, YOUR VP candidate got her "professional" degree in JOURNALISM...comments??</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366232">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366232" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366232" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366232">redneck83</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366232" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366232" class="dsq-comment-message">I Don\'t Believe That   Palin is going to get McCain Elected as President Of The United States <br>   That\'s Not Just My Appenion It\'s The Thoughts Of People that Don\'t Even Vote</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366449">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366449" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366449" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366449">Michael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366449" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366449" class="dsq-comment-message">This Democrat is going to vote for McCain and Palin.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2367297">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2367297" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2367297" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2367297" href="http://www.exxonmccain.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Adam Thomas</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2367297" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2367297" class="dsq-comment-message">This Democrat is going to vote for Obama/Biden.  have the sneaking suspocoin that all of you so called "democrats" that are going to vote republican this year are either really Republicans trying to find away to drum up some new disinformation on behalf of the rnc by calling yourself a democrat, or you\'re just scared of a black man being president. Either way, you are obviously one of the many mindless lemmings who can\'t wait to jump off the Bush/McCain cliff and try to take the rest of the country with you.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2367073">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2367073" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2367073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2367073">McLIes</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2367073" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2367073" class="dsq-comment-message">This Republican is going to vote for Obama and Biden. I supported McCain in 2000, but have been disappointed by his "change" in sucking up to Bush and the far right, and we have tried the economic policies for eight years and it hasn\'t worked out for us.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366175">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366175" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366175" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366175">Curious Al</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366175" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366175" class="dsq-comment-message">Both where also picked over a Romney!  And, there is 40 years difference.  Lightning struck twice!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366156">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366156" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366156" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366156">Jake</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366156" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366156" class="dsq-comment-message">more liberal blather. sigh, wasted time reading tabloid trash, should have just turned on dnctv if i wanted bias</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366147">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366147" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366147" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366147">Steve</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366147" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366147" class="dsq-comment-message">Pasted below is an example of a "news" story from the AP. This is at least the 6th article of this type I\'ve encountered in the past 5 days. As they write about McCain or Palin\'s statements, they bother to counter each one with partial facts to discredit the statements. I posting this to ask any Obama supporter to past a similar example written about Obama. It should be on from a "news" organization, written as a "news" article and not commentary, with multiple attempts to refute what Obama has stated. <br><br>This is why the Republicans will be forced to go negative. If you don\'t want  this to occur, call your comdrades(use your giant facist brownshirt email list) and go protest in front of the news orgs HQ. You won\'t because it favors your candidate. So spare the faux disdain for negative campaigning. I would swear that this article is something that would be published directly out of Obamas\' ntational HQ.<br><br><br><br>By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent 38 minutes ago<br><br>GOLDEN, Colo. - Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special needs children if Republicans win the White House this fall, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem" rather than the solution.<br><br>Campaigning on her own, the Alaska governor also said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama "wants to raise income taxes and raise payroll taxes and raise investment income taxes and raise business taxes and raise the death tax.<br><br>"But John McCain and I know that\'s not the way you grow the economy," she added.<br><br>In fact, independent groups such as the Tax Policy Center have concluded that four out of five U.S. households would receive tax cuts under Obama\'s proposal, which include higher income and payroll taxes only for the wealthiest wage-earners.<br><br>McCain\'s selection of Palin a little over two weeks ago has brought renewed enthusiasm to his campaign, particularly among conservatives who have long been wary of him. Yet the governor, with little experience outside her own state, has largely been kept out of public view while aides seek to bring her up to date on a range of issues.<br><br>The current trip is her first outside her home state without McCain, and the schedule was relatively light, with only a speech in Colorado and a fundraiser in Ohio. The governor has had only one substantive media interview since joining the ticket, and she and her husband, Todd, ignored reporters\' shouted questions throughout the day.<br><br>Aides went to unusual lengths to maintain her privacy aboard her chartered campaign jet, pulling a curtain across the center aisle to separate the Palins and their top aides from the rest of the passengers.<br><br>Appearing before an enthusiastic crowd in swing-state Colorado, Palin struck populist themes. She said that as governor of Alaska she had broken "the old oil monopoly that had controlled" the state, and eliminated the "good-ol\'-boys network of lobbyists and special interests" once in power.<br><br>She also referred to her time as mayor of Wasilla in terms that echoed former President Reagan, a hero to many conservatives.<br><br>"We became part of the fastest growing area of the state because businesses wanted to be there," she said. "They also knew that they would have elected leaders knowing that government isn\'t always the answer. In fact, too often government is the problem."<br><br>Presenting her credentials as a reformer, she told her audience that she had told Congress "thanks, but no thanks" when it came to the so-called Bridge to Nowhere, designed to link a small Alaskan village with the mainland. She made no mention of the fact that she favored federal funding for the structure before she turned against it.<br><br>She also said, without elaboration, that "too often, the government gets in the way when innovators take on cancer or Parkinson\'s or Alzheimers.<br><br>"To help Americans overcome these terrible diseases, our administration will lead efforts to find new treatments and cures," said Palin. The governor did not mention embryonic stem cell research, which many advocates say holds the key to treatment or even cures of numerous diseases. Palin, along with many other conservatives, oppose federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. McCain\'s campaign is currently airing a radio commercial that indicates support for an expansion of the federal involvement in stem cell research.<br><br>The speech was the first time Palin has indicated what role McCain might give her in his administration.<br><br>She said Alaska has nearly 20 percent of the nation\'s supply of oil and gas and said her job as vice president would be to help McCain, "implement his \'all of the above\' strategy for energy independence."<br><br>She also said she would play a role in an effort to reform government.<br><br>"I\'ve got another idea that I think Senator McCain likes. In Alaska, we took the state checkbook and put it online, so everyone can see where their money goes. We\'re going to bring that kind of openness to Washington," she said.<br><br>In fact, there already is a searchable database that allows the public to track federal grants and contracts, and Obama was a principle force behind the 2006 law that created it, along with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.<br><br>The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act is one of Obama\'s few legislative accomplishments in his short Senate tenure.<br><br>Palin, who has a four-month-old son with Down Syndrome, said she would ensure government is on the side of families with special needs children.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366117">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366117" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366117" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366117">Jane</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366117" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366117" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope that in end the next few weeks, someone will have the nerve in the media to point out all the poison that the Republician Party is putting our country through just for the White House. A true American Christian  is a healer not a divider!! I hope it will be worth it for Ms. Palin when the dust settles. Evil and lies always comes back to get one in the end. Four more years of lies, cover-ups and hurting the people; let\'s pray not!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366069">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366069" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366069" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366069">Carl</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366069" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366069" class="dsq-comment-message">Bad Decisions, Steve!  She is as corrupt as the party leaders above her.<br><br>With the economy where it is today,  I believe that Bin Laden may actually accomplish what he set out to do in the first place-destroy our economy and our way of life.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366054">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366054" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366054" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2366054" href="http://www.myspace.com/entirelyready" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ClintonDem4Cynthia08</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366054" class="dsq-comment-message">I take great delight in knowing that 1/2 the supposed Obama supporters will vote McCain once inside the confines of the voting booth. At which point Hillary Clinton will receive the blame for another Democratic loss.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366044">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366044" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366044">NotPoliticallyCorrect</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366044" class="dsq-comment-message">The liberals on the left are only jealous that they did not anticipate a woman would be popular in the overall scheme of the national election. Biden will enforce that Obama and his inexperience will not win the election. Hillary will not bad mouth another woman, much less the Governor of Alaska. The Clinton\'s will do anything to be President, again. This will not ever happen anyway. The majority of voters in the USA can see through the usual tax and spend mentality of the DNC.The brilliant decision to nominate Sarah Palin as Vice President will ensure the McCain and Palin ticket a sure waltz to victory in November! Despite her pundits, Palin will prevail and McCain will be elected President. Semper Fi...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2366015">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2366015" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2366015" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2366015">jaime</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2366015" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2366015" class="dsq-comment-message">You, along with the rest of the liberal media, have no conscious when it comes to serving your own agenda through your brand of "journalism" (I guess that explains why it\'s one of the least respected professions).  Your relentless attacks on Palin are so incredibly one-sided.  Where\'s the commentary of Biden?  Where\'s the headline about Obama\'s drug use or his association to a hate church for 20 years?  Your attempts to influence the uninformed are shameful.  The American people are more insightful than you think my friend.</div>\
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