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What really concerns me is whether Palin's involvement in the high end political circle will be detirmental to other women politicians in the near future.  She is creating a bad name for others, no matter what party they are with, who have the potential of making a difference in the future.   Very sad situation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_16:05:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b7b8c3077f40346211f79233fca3cca", "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}, "3284102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Face it!  John McCain chose Sarah Palin and now she's climbing over his back to place herself for a position in the National Republican Party.   Way to go John!   If you used your brain instead of your gut to think you wouldn't be in this mess now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_16:26:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "6371a7206d448229e1d20863c6735475", "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}, "3285385": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Virginia: <br>Thanks for this comment, Chas Gaynor:  \"...then applied for a waiver with the Dept of Energy to sell 100% of the natural gas coming in that magnificent pipeline, to Japan!\"<br><br>I would like your source for this, any documentation, to add to our list of how DISqualified this woman is. <br>We have lost all respect for McCain, and this is very sad political end for him (i hope).<br><br>As a woman, I'm embarrassed and apalled because she demeans our gender.<br>As a citizen, I am actually scared silly. Are there enough evangelicals and simple-minded souls in out country to actually elect this pair?  You just don't know for sure until Nov 5 -- are there enough stupid people to fall for her bull (or \"charm\"?) ? . . . or enough biased people to just not be able to actually vote for Obama due to race? <br><br>The WORST Palin attribute is that the White House would be infiltrated by radicals who hate America.  <br>Surely the media should not dwell on the \u201cregular hockey mom\u201d farce, the spouting about Joe six-pack, and the stupid bad-mouthing of Obama . . . or the UNregular wardrobe.<br><br> Isn't it time for both citizens AND the media to skip a few trivia items and endless polls and tell people about the PALINS' UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES, bomber-buddies and radical associates?  <br>Imagine the media attention if the Obamas were hooked up with a violently anti-American group that at one time even collaborated with the government of Iran.<br>Gov. Palin has A CURRENT, ACTIVE ASSOCIATION with the anti-American Alaska Independence Party (AIP).  Obama has a topically unrelated association with an educator who was an angry Vietnam war-resister 40 years ago!<br>COMPARE:<br>(1) Palin accused Barack of \"not seeing the same America\u2026\" But she promotes Alaska and divisive actions.<br>(2) Obama continually supports and promotes the UNITED States of America. <br><br>Because of AIP, the exciting VP candidate Palin could not even pass a low-level Federal employee security clearance.  How could McCain do this?  He has \u201clost it\u201d, and diehard Repub. and evangelical voters would blindly send her to infiltrate the White House? <br><br> \u201cYou betcha\u201d, huh?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_17:57:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "6c4cbfed04d76a56046f35619c6e6a0e", "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": 3281099, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3289355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "southernNJmom    You're kidding aren't you?  Please tell me that.  What is it, and please use real facts and not made up stuff from Fox News, about Obama that the rest of us are not seeing that you can see.  I have read as much information about all 4 of the candidates that I can.  I'm an independent voter and have nothing to gain or lose by being partial to any of them without serious consideration.  So far I see 3 men that I have great respect for.  I can praise all of them, but since it's Obama you think is fooling us I will focus on him.  He has spent his adult life doing service to our citizens and become educated through hard work and study.  He has learned to deal with adverse situations, no parents other than his grandparents.  He is intelligent and a devoted family man.  McCain spent 5 horrible years in a prison camp and I give him immense credit for his strength.  The rest of his life has been given to him, but that doesn't make him a bad man or not a good leader.  Biden has pretty much done the same thing as Obama.  Palin, well that's a horse of a different color.  Four schools to get her 4 year degree, a beauty queen, fundamental Christian that would like force her beliefs on others and has been associated with a several scandals already in her brief career as a politician.  Have you been reading anything about her or watching the news?  McCain lost my vote when he picked her as VP and she lost my respect when she accepted because she should know that she isn't prepared for this job. She doesn't know that she doesn't know.  Have you heard her explain what the VP job is?  You couldn't have or you would know she hasn't a clue. Have you seen any of her interviews?  Please study and read and not just Rush or Bill.  It's our country and the world we are looking at here.  This isn't a high school popularity contest.  I do not want a man leading my country that would choose someone like her for the second most important job.  If you don't consider and only go on, 'well gosh she's really nice and i like her a lot' you are fool and you hurt everyone with that mentality.  Have you been following the events of our country for the past 8 years and seen what mediocre intelligence and understanding will get you.  Not to mention that false macho cowboy swagger. I'm a cowboy and I grew up on a ranch.  Bush is no cowboy.  Please, study.  Thank you", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-25_00:38:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "a15d1de2db9c4c7530fda31a4847bbe9", "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": 3287249, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3278605": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obviously, Sarah will step over many dead bodies to obtain her goal.  The next one will be McCain.  It is already a strained relationship with McCain (who is starting to figure out he will lose BECAUSE she is on the ticket!) that she has now decided she is the power and should be at the top of the ticket instead of John.  It may not work in this election, but she is sure gonna be around in four years (doggone it!) to be the challenger.  Unfortunately, she will have to go back to Alaska to \"slum around\" as their Governor (unless they impeach her!).  The danger is that she may slip back into oblivion, where she belongs.<br><br>There is an interesting article in the current New Yorker explaining how she got to her level as aspiring VP.  Great read!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_13:52:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "fbdf10914b548616725d549ddd014e9b", "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}, "3285263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Seems to me Hackney was right when he said she was too inexperienced to be governor ,just as she is too experienced to be VP or god forbid President !<br>Her husband sitting in while she conducts government business sounds to me to be inapropriete and hiring a family friend to be in charge of the states !40 billion dollar oil and gas dividine fund program sounds like poor judgement and nephatism to me !", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_17:47:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "138a6cec6a7705d6ad968afe5c1ef6fc", "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}, "3285009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "paul, i am so glad someone else agrees with what i have been saying,  i just would like to know why the people are not being told about this it is against the constitution and that same group want her to get into the whitehouse so they can run it. i have written emails , asking why the media does not tell the people about this. the media are constantly on barack about everything, since campaign started and he has had to defend himself for everything including rev wright, that he had nothing to do with his views, the head of that alaskan independence group spoke horrendous things about hating america and the flag and even worse things, than rev wright said. i also would like to know why palins kids are with her constantly, don't they have to go to school?  this women has made a mockery of the american people, when are they going to realize it., and mccain says country first  he didn't put country first when he picked palin. . i also wonder how people , who call themselves christian or catholics, won't vote for a man because of his skin clr, that is very hypocritical. i'm a catholic i raised my 5 children to love a person for the person they were not their clr creed or nationality, we are very proud they grew up believing that way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_17:24:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "honesty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3337875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These remarks would have far more credibility if only the writer were conscientious enough to use a spellcheck program.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-28_02:05:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e3286229b599e1e95531a8c550b7234", "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": 3317834, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3276693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin is an opportunist.  When the dust settles she will probably move on from Alaska.  she has gotten the taste for designer clothes and  the celebrity life.  I predict she will be offered a show on Fox.  The Sarah Palin Hour where she can wear pretty clothes and talk  nonsense to adoring uneducated ignorant bigots who will eat it all up. Star ratings and private planes - who needs the office of the VP . Yipee she is on her way....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_12:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "29794bca181acc9654dd395bd4dcf64a", "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}, "3279643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Janis, you are most likely correct.  Fox or Fixed News will snap her up and those folks that only use that channel to get their self agreeing news will think she is just so real and honest.  Wow, we actually have people in this country that only watch that crap and some of them are well educated.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_14:34:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "a15d1de2db9c4c7530fda31a4847bbe9", "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": 3276693, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3285020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Republican  shoul look for another person for vp of their party befor is too late if it is litle know so called gov i dont think it can work if they insist that means they shuold go and prepaire for the next election", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_17:25:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "8e8d0925a8470250d1235c6b0640f86a", "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}, "3284637": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NOW, IF SHE CAN GET THIS FAR TO BE THE VP....ANYBODY CAN DO THAT.  WOULD YOU BLAME HER FOR GOING BESERK ON THE SHOPPING SPREE?  SHE FINDS OUT THAT IT'S MUCH EASIER THAN SHOOTING THE MOOSES.  WHAT A GAL!  ANOTHER GOP JOINING THE BIG SPENDERS, and yet she called obama-biden, the big spenders.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_16:59:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "khatts98178", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3285024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here, here!  I agree wholeheartedly.  I am a life-long Juneau, Alaska resident.  I did not vote for her either, but to be honest I never heard the whole story about Palin until she hit the national scene.  All I heard was that she was a reformer here in Alaska.  Sound familiar?  You have to admit she is a good opportunist.  She started in Wasilla and worked her way up because people want change so, so badly.  Problem is Palin is NOT change!  She's the worst of the old time politician.  I am overwhelmed with embarrassment for our wonderful Alaska.  McCain keeps quoting she is the most popular governor. Not Anymore!  Last I heard her approval rate went down to 47% from 80% in these last 2 months.   I hope when she comes back to Alaska after her defeat, Alaskans have what it takes to impeach her!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_17:25:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "2262efa4719223e9799f6ddf8ff242b3", "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": 3284535, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3285153": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "TAKE HER BARCK TO ALASKA WE DONT NEED HER LET HER GO AND TAKE CARE OF HER NEW BORN BABY", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_17:37:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "8e8d0925a8470250d1235c6b0640f86a", "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}, "3299108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bravo Dave! I could not have said it better myself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-25_12:59:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "fbdd068a61dc3f8197f5e8616e43949e", "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}, "3276550": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Snowmobiling, moose hunting, firing disagreeing people, buying clothes for $150 000, having a pregnant daughter, a disabled infant, a high school drop out guy whom impregnated her daughter and stated he is not interested in marrying her.  That's all anything else.  Impeach or vote out of office.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_12:01:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "17272dc7f44ad227755dfffce8dc6dfe", "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}, "3274151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's too bad that Alaskans \"don't recognize\" Sarah - because in about two and half short weeks she'll be back in Alaska....for good.  This self-proclaimed DC outsider has had her 15 minutes of fame, and I don't ever expect to see her inside the beltway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_09:55:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "df840d074da632363ecb537d2eeb514e", "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}, "3275562": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Palin is pathetic.  Such blind ambition to the exclusion of all else.  sometimes ambition can carry you further than your talents would explain.  Obviously her ambtion and a pretty face allowed her to exploit a corrupt political system in Alaska to get elected as governor.  But let's face it, Alaska is a cultural and political backwater where a thing like that can happen.  But on a national stage, she just doesn't cut the mustard, even with our current  low standards for politicians.  It would be in the best interest of this country if Palin now disappears from the political scene altogether so that she can do no more harm, even in Alaska.  As for Todd Palin, he is obviously just a puppet for his wife's use.  But maybe he accepts that role in return for the money and perks Sahrah Palin brings in.  Somehow I knew when I first heard Palin compare herself to a pit bull with lipstick that this candidate was going to be a bummer.  I mean, she wasn't running for office at the world wrestling Federation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_11:06:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "dc9e6a0cde7f7b9aba26f419957d6abb", "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}, "3285935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This Alaskan  will sign too!  I see Les Gara as the the best one to lead the push.  He has really impressed me these past few weeks with his role in not letting Palin off the hook.  And the fact that the majoriity of the legislatures who voted to release the report are Republicans should give her notice: this ISN'T a partisan attack.  It is good people from both parties who are disgusted with her unethical and opportunistic behavior!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_18:38:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "37f7f4e9a1ae345536477d07342d3a85", "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": 3280855, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3285488": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree Governor Palin is by no means dumb;  this woman is very ambitious and have sacrificed her children.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_18:06:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "31380937a2f3b9a7b74a4f2f1a34a181", "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": 3285373, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3284535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is the first time I have watched local events unfold and then heard the national spin. Most of what Gov. Palin has said has stretched the truth considerably. I did not vote for her, but I thought she was doing a pretty good job as Gov. The national stage called and she abandoned Alaska's interests. Alaskans are unhappy about her reversal on cooperating with the Troopergate investigation, claiming to say thanks, but no thanks to the feds for the Ketchikan bridge and still keeping the money, claiming she is building the gas pipeline which is still several years off and negotiations will require much skill and credibility before the gas will flow, claiming she cleaned up Alaskan politics. I give her credit for taking what most thought was a political career ending stand against the Republican State chairman, but the legislature and the FBI did all the leg work for those now in jail. She came in on the tail end of that. Billing the state for per diem costs while she stayed in her own home and travel costs for her children with retroactive adjustments to the spending reports is not playing well locally. People in Alaska are unhappy about these things. Gov. Palin does still have her fans here, but the last and only time she has returned to Alaska since McCain picked her her rally had 300 people max. The first anti Palin rally at the same time had 1500 people. <br>I can't speak for all Alaskans, but my husband and I were both born and raised here in Anchorage Alaska, we know a life time of people here and I personally know only 4 people who still like Gov. Palin. Many here agree she will probably end up on national TV with her own show. She should, she loves being on stage and she is very good at it. Nothing wrong with that, but we want more from a leader.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_16:52:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "7ca3711c8bd7ca86d04a022bae8d3a19", "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}, "3281099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i HAD BEEN WONDERING ABOUT HER AND THE REPORTED 80% APPROVAL RATING SHE HAS FROM ALASKANS.    Look at what we have learned about her.<br><br>She's been paid to sleep and eat in her own home and no one there seems to mind. (receiving a per diem to sleep at home)<br><br>She sold the executive pane, but has taken over the state police chopper for her use on demand (20% of the time?)<br><br>The patronage jobs she doled out to her high school pals.<br><br>Best, all the babble about energy independence, then applied for a waiver with the Dept of Energy to sell 100% of the natural gas coming in that magnificent pipeline, to Japan!<br><br>How does that help us achieve energy independence?<br><br>I'd be embarassed and was wondering how you people not only accept this, but encourage it.<br><br>Chas Gaynor<br>Pa", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_15:55:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "6c77cfde3e2dca8b16ef395e199caa6f", "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}, "3286086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "linda, you are right i neglected to mention about her preacher and the witchcraft. why isn't the media on these issues.  the republicans all complain that she is being treated very badly with the media,  how can they say that she won't even let anyone interview her, she has lots to hide i'm sure.i watch keith olberman and rachel maddow every night and they were the only ones who first brought up the troopergate and the alaskan independence movement, they even showed a video of her at one of those alaskan independence meeting, she was telling that organization to keep up the good work, after the head man spoke so horribly about the american flag and the americans and other horrible things about america,. i don't know why keith and rachel maddow are the only media that cares . they are on msnbc every night keith @8pm and rachel @9pm. that is where i hear about what she is getting away with. she makes me sick the way she talks about her being an american and ridacules barack. our country will be very fortunate if they are smart enough to elect barack obama because believe me he cares for the people and i am sure he will begin showing the people on day one", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_18:49:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "honesty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3285359, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3317834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Like her or not, Jane I doubt you are that much smarter than her in person.<br><br>Rolandthick  - Do you fight for dumbies because you are one? I think you debunked your point.....<br><br>Honesty-  You are incredibly unaware of the state consitutions...they allow most states to go through succession if they so chose to remove themselves from the union . I'n really glad you were not my civics teacher.<br><br>Judy - Your comments are emotional, not factual based and uterly stupid. they have no place here. Stay home.<br><br>Linda - Do you wor5k? Then you have sacrificed your children too. Wow....I expected the women on the left to be a LOT smarter than this.<br><br> You guys are unbeleivable- - blofg after bolg, but the funny thing is - would you have acted any differently if you were in her place? I'm sure a few will have resounding \"Yes\", but the majority of you who have some ability to be honest with youreslf will know the answer without having to say it outloud.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-26_22:54:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "20ba82070a4c22fef3409d95b2b7f185", "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}, "3285451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I also wonder why the media do not speak more about her and her husband relationship with the Alaskan Independent Party. Her African preacher friend that prayer for her and witchcraft.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_18:02:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "31380937a2f3b9a7b74a4f2f1a34a181", "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": 3285009, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3284428": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As an Alaskan, you can guarantee that her approval rating is no where near 80%. She had a lot of people snowed because she is so secretive about what she does, and people are scared to talk about her because she is so vindictive. She has effectively outed herself! She is a \"reformer\" who gave over 100 state jobs to friends and supporters. If you didn't support her she tried to get you fired. She will be facing law suits from the Troopergate investigation, and possibly a recall election when she comes back to Alaska. We are also looking into McCain staffers breaking the law by advising people to ignore the subpeonas they were issued in the Troopergate investigation. We have gotten along quite well without her the past 2 months, I think she can go back to being a hockey Mom.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_16:45:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "e80829725ece280db6a780b387c823ac", "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}, "3284302": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Way to go!  Get 'er done!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_16:37:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Hatchett", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3280855, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3276429": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am gald for Alskans that they got a clear picture of their leader whom is a miniscule mind at best.  They are being governed by coolege drop outs, friends and a snowmobile racer.  She said she took on the oil companies?  Think again.  She is the one \"drill baby drill\" and who is drilling the oil crownies.  Oil is corruption we had that for the last 8 years.  I am also tired of that circus of babies, teenagers, pregnant daughter, disabled child and husband wherever she goes.  Can you imaging the cost of flying and feeding them??  Now I have to kids of my own and especially with a pregnant daughter and a disabled child I would never subject my family to such scrutiny and rupture of their routine.  She is a political shark and will do whatever it takes to win regardless of her family.  Sick, selfish and egocentric.  Wake up Alaska, wake up America, is this what you want???  Obama/Biden", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_11:54:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "0bd33e19057c314f621e04f9783088ee", "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}, "3287249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin is amazing! I had never heard of her until MaCain brought her out. I wasn't going to vote at all this year after Huckabee was out. I've voted ALL my life. I would NEVER vote for O'BOMB US! Can't you all tell he is fooling all of you? You all are like sheep following the Savior, but he is not the Savior! You throw stones at Sarah because you are afraid she has brought energy to John. Well give up! The Republican Base is charged and we are now joined! I'm proud she bought clothes to look the part, I am proud she trained for endless hours (shows how much this country means to her), I'm proud she stands strong for what she believes, and any Republican who leaves Sarah and Johns side- I will STONE! Not my vote will they get! SIGNED: A Woman, USCG Vet, Small Business Owner, Secretary, Mom of 4, Home Owner, Patriotic Christian who has been married twice and worked my way up from Welfare! PS Never got one dime from my X, through it was ordered that I get it. So don't try to fill my head with O'bama \"LOVE\" stories! I see right through them!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_20:20:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "abf439fd5fff082cdcbca796534ed42e", "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}, "3285461": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "PLEASE CAN SB WRIGHT ME IMMIDIETLY AND TELL ME WHAT SHE IS POINTING AT?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_18:03:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "26e475a9ba942e872f8d12f305a8cca1", "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}, "3285975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As an Alaskan , I hope she does leave the state and go work for Fox.  Good riddance, and maybe we can get a decent governor for our state, and Fox can get another frustrated wannabee political player who likes the sound of their own voice and their image on the tv screen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_18:41:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "37f7f4e9a1ae345536477d07342d3a85", "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": 3276693, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3280855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So what are we Alaskans going to do about this when she returns to us in November? I'd be first in line to sign a recall petition. I sure hope there is one up and running and if their isn't, I will probably start one myself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_15:41:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d8b9fbc9a3c6d9214d8627fe71dac12", "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}, "3275482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just can't get passed the Palin family image.   How can a mother of five justify any other role than assuring the education and upbringing of her offspring?  Why was Treat(?), the oldest allowed to become a delinquent and Bristol to run around with the wild crowd?  The Palins could afford the finest education to provide for the futures of their children.  I'd love to know the status of the education funds for each.  An Trig, just a sack to be schlepped around on her schedule, not what he requires for a babies schedule", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_11:02:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "20525a627a3a0b733a092bc3dced5ded", "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}, "3304542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am so tired of being smarter than those who \"lead\" our country.  Please let's vote for brains and deplomacy or we are going to have to learn to shoot moose for food.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-25_20:30:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "96943c59e9ca8acf8a8d362a8623b60b", "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}, "3280223": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Very nice and balanced article about Sarah Palin.  The problem is, it doesn't match the heading again.  Who is making up these headings.  There is no quote of anyone saying they don't know her anymore.  There was no quote or substantiation that Alaskans don't recognize her anymore as the heading suggests.  Again, this is deceptive journalism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_15:06:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "5ecd9c5cc8dcf1880d272c59ef18b772", "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}, "3279969": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'd like to see what would happen if I cc'd my husband on my work emails. *insert eye roll here*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_14:52:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "6e8c9fbf1021fc1eb36a09c72adcbd91", "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}, "3288807": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Read the article about the jobs and business deals that her campaign donors got from the State.<br><br>Today's LA Times.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_23:12:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "11cd7d14926dfa71c0eb374543910f9e", "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}, "3280744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well what's good for Sarah Drag Palin is very good for Todd Vampire Palin.  Now she loves the silk and all expensive clothes and jeweries.....and her hubby loves them all too.  No more shooting the mooses for clothing and whatever!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_15:35:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "khatts98178", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3276135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This pathetic uneducated idiot can fool Alaskans but not the rest of the country.  In a way I feel sorry for the Alaskan people having bought into such a fraud.  We deserve people that can make decisions on their own merits not others.  After the Presidential election is over the Rep. Party will be in a civil war and dissolve and Palin will dissappear.  In any other state Governors would be impeached or asked to step down.  I am tired of crownism.  That poor Attorney General must serve under a person that went only one year to college.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_11:39:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c1e82024b9b4b7be464f8ab19a06c5b", "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}, "3298414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have to assume that you wrote this post to simply get a rise out of well-educated individuals, NJmom, because you cannot seriously believe the words that I just read. Dave covered the serious points necessary to add a bit of reality to your self-indulged fabrication so I won't try to one up him by adding to his points, but give us all a break and just say that you were laughing while you wrote that. I am an independent voter, father of 3, faithful taxpayer, small-business owner, born and raised in the South. The McCain ticket by no means has my vote or for that matter any realistic American's. You should be ashamed of yourself for being the sheep you so coyly remarked that we are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-25_11:43:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "DanInKCMo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3287249, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3285359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_17:55:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "31380937a2f3b9a7b74a4f2f1a34a181", "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": 3285153, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3304560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, well, not so smart, can't even spell.  Sorry, still I mean it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-25_20:32:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "96943c59e9ca8acf8a8d362a8623b60b", "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": 3304542, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3308657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You see right through them do you? In case you haven't heard, Conservatives are drawing away from this pathetic shell of a human being in DROVES. She is not competent to be President thus she should not be VP--and this is the mistake that cost McCain the election. <br><br>It is you poor, uneducated Republicans messing up this country--you want to legislate morality for us all and so you will ignore everything else that is BAD for the country and has been for the past eight years. You claim to be God-fearing but you will allow lies, cheating, stealing, torture, murder and more so that you can pretend you are somehow pleasing God with your vote. You helped put Bush in power--Rove played to your ignorance and did it but he will not do it this time. Get used to the idea of a Democratic Black man as president, Missy, it's going to happen. <br><br>I see right through your proud story of \"working your way up from welfare,\" but you forgot to educate yourself in the process, choosing instead to band together in \"Christian\" ignorance and fear rather than analyzing facts and truth. You are racist. You fear other religions, other cultures--anything other, this is all due to ignorance and intolerance. Ask your God to forgive you--please. And stop destroying this country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-26_04:26:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "c795370ac3400f015e102985bebeab27", "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": 3287249, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3281650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you didnt see this coming 2 months ago you were blind. Palin was only in this to gain fame and recognition. Everything Palin does is for her own gain. Everything she fights for is personal to her. She fights for challenged kids because she has one, she fought against her own government just so she could  be elected, she fought to have librarians fired for her church, she fought to fire a state trooper because her sister was divorcing him. Theres alot more CRAZY things she wants\"fixed\" but who has time. Im just wondering where a regular guy of color like me would fit into her scheme of things! LMAO--I mean, would she fight hard for my rights as well? (rhetorical) Next she will be saying \"soccer moms need to run out and spend more money at the highest priced clothing stores in America , cuz gosh darnit thats what we women deserve!!!!LOL I can hear Todd now: Well honey, you may as well get as much as you can from these clowns, they use you for all the dirty work anyway!!! LOL Peace Sarah, you are a real pimp on middle America! I cant knock your hustle. If people are stupid enough to fall for your Don King trickery, so be it!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-24_16:11:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd4f12426e1019a18a5a9ed76c14c0db", "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}, "3277556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have been unemployed for over year now.  Clothes are off the list.  My mother came to visit from Europe and bought clothes for around $125.  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		}

		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">370</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/the_remaking_of_a_candidate/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_remaking_of_a_candidate/">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_remaking_of_a_candidate/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:6159153" 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_remaking_of_a_candidate',
			// 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_remaking_of_a_candidate/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_remaking_of_a_candidate'
			+ '&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_remaking_of_a_candidate'
			+ '&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_remaking_of_a_candidate'
				+ '&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;
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		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

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

	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/6159153/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];
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				}
			}
		}

		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);
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				}
			}

			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-3317834">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3317834" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3317834" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3317834">Independent Mind</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3317834" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3317834" class="dsq-comment-message">Like her or not, Jane I doubt you are that much smarter than her in person.<br><br>Rolandthick  - Do you fight for dumbies because you are one? I think you debunked your point.....<br><br>Honesty-  You are incredibly unaware of the state consitutions...they allow most states to go through succession if they so chose to remove themselves from the union . I\'n really glad you were not my civics teacher.<br><br>Judy - Your comments are emotional, not factual based and uterly stupid. they have no place here. Stay home.<br><br>Linda - Do you wor5k? Then you have sacrificed your children too. Wow....I expected the women on the left to be a LOT smarter than this.<br><br> You guys are unbeleivable- - blofg after bolg, but the funny thing is - would you have acted any differently if you were in her place? I\'m sure a few will have resounding "Yes", but the majority of you who have some ability to be honest with youreslf will know the answer without having to say it outloud.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3337875">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3337875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3337875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3337875">Rebecca R</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3337875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3337875" class="dsq-comment-message">These remarks would have far more credibility if only the writer were conscientious enough to use a spellcheck program.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3304542">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3304542" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3304542" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3304542">Jane</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3304542" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3304542" class="dsq-comment-message">I am so tired of being smarter than those who "lead" our country.  Please let\'s vote for brains and deplomacy or we are going to have to learn to shoot moose for food.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3304560">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3304560" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3304560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3304560">Jane</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3304560" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3304560" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, well, not so smart, can\'t even spell.  Sorry, still I mean it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3299108">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3299108" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3299108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3299108">Penina</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3299108" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3299108" class="dsq-comment-message">Bravo Dave! I could not have said it better myself.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3288807">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3288807" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3288807" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3288807">akindependent</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3288807" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3288807" class="dsq-comment-message">Read the article about the jobs and business deals that her campaign donors got from the State.<br><br>Today\'s LA Times.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3287249">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3287249" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3287249" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3287249">southernNJmom</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3287249" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3287249" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is amazing! I had never heard of her until MaCain brought her out. I wasn\'t going to vote at all this year after Huckabee was out. I\'ve voted ALL my life. I would NEVER vote for O\'BOMB US! Can\'t you all tell he is fooling all of you? You all are like sheep following the Savior, but he is not the Savior! You throw stones at Sarah because you are afraid she has brought energy to John. Well give up! The Republican Base is charged and we are now joined! I\'m proud she bought clothes to look the part, I am proud she trained for endless hours (shows how much this country means to her), I\'m proud she stands strong for what she believes, and any Republican who leaves Sarah and Johns side- I will STONE! Not my vote will they get! SIGNED: A Woman, USCG Vet, Small Business Owner, Secretary, Mom of 4, Home Owner, Patriotic Christian who has been married twice and worked my way up from Welfare! PS Never got one dime from my X, through it was ordered that I get it. So don\'t try to fill my head with O\'bama "LOVE" stories! I see right through them!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3308657">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3308657" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3308657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3308657">Interested Observer</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3308657" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3308657" class="dsq-comment-message">You see right through them do you? In case you haven\'t heard, Conservatives are drawing away from this pathetic shell of a human being in DROVES. She is not competent to be President thus she should not be VP--and this is the mistake that cost McCain the election. <br><br>It is you poor, uneducated Republicans messing up this country--you want to legislate morality for us all and so you will ignore everything else that is BAD for the country and has been for the past eight years. You claim to be God-fearing but you will allow lies, cheating, stealing, torture, murder and more so that you can pretend you are somehow pleasing God with your vote. You helped put Bush in power--Rove played to your ignorance and did it but he will not do it this time. Get used to the idea of a Democratic Black man as president, Missy, it\'s going to happen. <br><br>I see right through your proud story of "working your way up from welfare," but you forgot to educate yourself in the process, choosing instead to band together in "Christian" ignorance and fear rather than analyzing facts and truth. You are racist. You fear other religions, other cultures--anything other, this is all due to ignorance and intolerance. Ask your God to forgive you--please. And stop destroying this country.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3298414">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3298414" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3298414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3298414">DanInKCMo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3298414" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3298414" class="dsq-comment-message">I have to assume that you wrote this post to simply get a rise out of well-educated individuals, NJmom, because you cannot seriously believe the words that I just read. Dave covered the serious points necessary to add a bit of reality to your self-indulged fabrication so I won\'t try to one up him by adding to his points, but give us all a break and just say that you were laughing while you wrote that. I am an independent voter, father of 3, faithful taxpayer, small-business owner, born and raised in the South. The McCain ticket by no means has my vote or for that matter any realistic American\'s. You should be ashamed of yourself for being the sheep you so coyly remarked that we are.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3289355">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3289355" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3289355" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3289355">Dave</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3289355" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3289355" class="dsq-comment-message">southernNJmom    You\'re kidding aren\'t you?  Please tell me that.  What is it, and please use real facts and not made up stuff from Fox News, about Obama that the rest of us are not seeing that you can see.  I have read as much information about all 4 of the candidates that I can.  I\'m an independent voter and have nothing to gain or lose by being partial to any of them without serious consideration.  So far I see 3 men that I have great respect for.  I can praise all of them, but since it\'s Obama you think is fooling us I will focus on him.  He has spent his adult life doing service to our citizens and become educated through hard work and study.  He has learned to deal with adverse situations, no parents other than his grandparents.  He is intelligent and a devoted family man.  McCain spent 5 horrible years in a prison camp and I give him immense credit for his strength.  The rest of his life has been given to him, but that doesn\'t make him a bad man or not a good leader.  Biden has pretty much done the same thing as Obama.  Palin, well that\'s a horse of a different color.  Four schools to get her 4 year degree, a beauty queen, fundamental Christian that would like force her beliefs on others and has been associated with a several scandals already in her brief career as a politician.  Have you been reading anything about her or watching the news?  McCain lost my vote when he picked her as VP and she lost my respect when she accepted because she should know that she isn\'t prepared for this job. She doesn\'t know that she doesn\'t know.  Have you heard her explain what the VP job is?  You couldn\'t have or you would know she hasn\'t a clue. Have you seen any of her interviews?  Please study and read and not just Rush or Bill.  It\'s our country and the world we are looking at here.  This isn\'t a high school popularity contest.  I do not want a man leading my country that would choose someone like her for the second most important job.  If you don\'t consider and only go on, \'well gosh she\'s really nice and i like her a lot\' you are fool and you hurt everyone with that mentality.  Have you been following the events of our country for the past 8 years and seen what mediocre intelligence and understanding will get you.  Not to mention that false macho cowboy swagger. I\'m a cowboy and I grew up on a ranch.  Bush is no cowboy.  Please, study.  Thank you</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3285461">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3285461" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285461" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285461">JAMES</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3285461" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285461" class="dsq-comment-message">PLEASE CAN SB WRIGHT ME IMMIDIETLY AND TELL ME WHAT SHE IS POINTING AT?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3285263">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3285263" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285263" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285263">Quest44</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285263" class="dsq-comment-message">Seems to me Hackney was right when he said she was too inexperienced to be governor ,just as she is too experienced to be VP or god forbid President !<br>Her husband sitting in while she conducts government business sounds to me to be inapropriete and hiring a family friend to be in charge of the states !40 billion dollar oil and gas dividine fund program sounds like poor judgement and nephatism to me !</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285153" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285153">NO NAME</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285153" class="dsq-comment-message">TAKE HER BARCK TO ALASKA WE DONT NEED HER LET HER GO AND TAKE CARE OF HER NEW BORN BABY</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3285359" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285359">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285359" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3286086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3286086">honesty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3286086" class="dsq-comment-message">linda, you are right i neglected to mention about her preacher and the witchcraft. why isn\'t the media on these issues.  the republicans all complain that she is being treated very badly with the media,  how can they say that she won\'t even let anyone interview her, she has lots to hide i\'m sure.i watch keith olberman and rachel maddow every night and they were the only ones who first brought up the troopergate and the alaskan independence movement, they even showed a video of her at one of those alaskan independence meeting, she was telling that organization to keep up the good work, after the head man spoke so horribly about the american flag and the americans and other horrible things about america,. i don\'t know why keith and rachel maddow are the only media that cares . they are on msnbc every night keith @8pm and rachel @9pm. that is where i hear about what she is getting away with. she makes me sick the way she talks about her being an american and ridacules barack. our country will be very fortunate if they are smart enough to elect barack obama because believe me he cares for the people and i am sure he will begin showing the people on day one</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285020" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285020">smith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285020" class="dsq-comment-message">Republican  shoul look for another person for vp of their party befor is too late if it is litle know so called gov i dont think it can work if they insist that means they shuold go and prepaire for the next election</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285009">honesty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285009" class="dsq-comment-message">paul, i am so glad someone else agrees with what i have been saying,  i just would like to know why the people are not being told about this it is against the constitution and that same group want her to get into the whitehouse so they can run it. i have written emails , asking why the media does not tell the people about this. the media are constantly on barack about everything, since campaign started and he has had to defend himself for everything including rev wright, that he had nothing to do with his views, the head of that alaskan independence group spoke horrendous things about hating america and the flag and even worse things, than rev wright said. i also would like to know why palins kids are with her constantly, don\'t they have to go to school?  this women has made a mockery of the american people, when are they going to realize it., and mccain says country first  he didn\'t put country first when he picked palin. . i also wonder how people , who call themselves christian or catholics, won\'t vote for a man because of his skin clr, that is very hypocritical. i\'m a catholic i raised my 5 children to love a person for the person they were not their clr creed or nationality, we are very proud they grew up believing that way.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3285451" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285451">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3285451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285451" class="dsq-comment-message">I also wonder why the media do not speak more about her and her husband relationship with the Alaskan Independent Party. Her African preacher friend that prayer for her and witchcraft.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3284817" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3284817" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3284817">Judy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3284817" class="dsq-comment-message">Sarah Palin did not even have enough experience to be the Governor of Alaska.  She has little education, little experience and very little common sense.  The Republicans that chose her to run as VP, chose her for her looks and the fact that she is a woman.  She is being played to the hilt and won\'t have any say in what goes on in Washington, should John McCain get elected.  She doesnt realize this now, but she will wish she had never left Alaska regardless of how this plays out on November 4th.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3285373" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285373" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285373">Quest44</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285373" class="dsq-comment-message">Judy ,Palin is not totally stupid she somehow without education and good judgement managed to pull the wool over the people of Alaska\'s eyes and became governor and I would bet dollars to donuts she knows she is being used but figures this is her chance to become President should McCain win and not be able to fiunish his term because of health . Palin has more ambition than she has knowledge and education and she knows exactly what she\'s doing.<br>All the same its a joke pulled on the American people by the Republican party that seems to love their candidates to be dumb and easy to manipulate for their bemefit.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3285488" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285488" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285488">Linda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3285488" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285488" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree Governor Palin is by no means dumb;  this woman is very ambitious and have sacrificed her children.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3284637" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3284637">khatts98178</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3284637" class="dsq-comment-message">NOW, IF SHE CAN GET THIS FAR TO BE THE VP....ANYBODY CAN DO THAT.  WOULD YOU BLAME HER FOR GOING BESERK ON THE SHOPPING SPREE?  SHE FINDS OUT THAT IT\'S MUCH EASIER THAN SHOOTING THE MOOSES.  WHAT A GAL!  ANOTHER GOP JOINING THE BIG SPENDERS, and yet she called obama-biden, the big spenders.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3284535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3284535">alaskagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3284535" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the first time I have watched local events unfold and then heard the national spin. Most of what Gov. Palin has said has stretched the truth considerably. I did not vote for her, but I thought she was doing a pretty good job as Gov. The national stage called and she abandoned Alaska\'s interests. Alaskans are unhappy about her reversal on cooperating with the Troopergate investigation, claiming to say thanks, but no thanks to the feds for the Ketchikan bridge and still keeping the money, claiming she is building the gas pipeline which is still several years off and negotiations will require much skill and credibility before the gas will flow, claiming she cleaned up Alaskan politics. I give her credit for taking what most thought was a political career ending stand against the Republican State chairman, but the legislature and the FBI did all the leg work for those now in jail. She came in on the tail end of that. Billing the state for per diem costs while she stayed in her own home and travel costs for her children with retroactive adjustments to the spending reports is not playing well locally. People in Alaska are unhappy about these things. Gov. Palin does still have her fans here, but the last and only time she has returned to Alaska since McCain picked her her rally had 300 people max. The first anti Palin rally at the same time had 1500 people. <br>I can\'t speak for all Alaskans, but my husband and I were both born and raised here in Anchorage Alaska, we know a life time of people here and I personally know only 4 people who still like Gov. Palin. Many here agree she will probably end up on national TV with her own show. She should, she loves being on stage and she is very good at it. Nothing wrong with that, but we want more from a leader.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285024" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285024">okaasan3</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285024" class="dsq-comment-message">Here, here!  I agree wholeheartedly.  I am a life-long Juneau, Alaska resident.  I did not vote for her either, but to be honest I never heard the whole story about Palin until she hit the national scene.  All I heard was that she was a reformer here in Alaska.  Sound familiar?  You have to admit she is a good opportunist.  She started in Wasilla and worked her way up because people want change so, so badly.  Problem is Palin is NOT change!  She\'s the worst of the old time politician.  I am overwhelmed with embarrassment for our wonderful Alaska.  McCain keeps quoting she is the most popular governor. Not Anymore!  Last I heard her approval rate went down to 47% from 80% in these last 2 months.   I hope when she comes back to Alaska after her defeat, Alaskans have what it takes to impeach her!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3284428" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3284428" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3284428">Madeline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3284428" class="dsq-comment-message">As an Alaskan, you can guarantee that her approval rating is no where near 80%. She had a lot of people snowed because she is so secretive about what she does, and people are scared to talk about her because she is so vindictive. She has effectively outed herself! She is a "reformer" who gave over 100 state jobs to friends and supporters. If you didn\'t support her she tried to get you fired. She will be facing law suits from the Troopergate investigation, and possibly a recall election when she comes back to Alaska. We are also looking into McCain staffers breaking the law by advising people to ignore the subpeonas they were issued in the Troopergate investigation. We have gotten along quite well without her the past 2 months, I think she can go back to being a hockey Mom.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3284102" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3284102">Schipperke</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3284102" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3284102" class="dsq-comment-message">Face it!  John McCain chose Sarah Palin and now she\'s climbing over his back to place herself for a position in the National Republican Party.   Way to go John!   If you used your brain instead of your gut to think you wouldn\'t be in this mess now.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3281650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3281650">rolandthick</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3281650" class="dsq-comment-message">If you didnt see this coming 2 months ago you were blind. Palin was only in this to gain fame and recognition. Everything Palin does is for her own gain. Everything she fights for is personal to her. She fights for challenged kids because she has one, she fought against her own government just so she could  be elected, she fought to have librarians fired for her church, she fought to fire a state trooper because her sister was divorcing him. Theres alot more CRAZY things she wants"fixed" but who has time. Im just wondering where a regular guy of color like me would fit into her scheme of things! LMAO--I mean, would she fight hard for my rights as well? (rhetorical) Next she will be saying "soccer moms need to run out and spend more money at the highest priced clothing stores in America , cuz gosh darnit thats what we women deserve!!!!LOL I can hear Todd now: Well honey, you may as well get as much as you can from these clowns, they use you for all the dirty work anyway!!! LOL Peace Sarah, you are a real pimp on middle America! I cant knock your hustle. If people are stupid enough to fall for your Don King trickery, so be it!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3281408" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3281408" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3281408">Karissa</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3281408" class="dsq-comment-message">Janis<br>Right on target!  What really concerns me is whether Palin\'s involvement in the high end political circle will be detirmental to other women politicians in the near future.  She is creating a bad name for others, no matter what party they are with, who have the potential of making a difference in the future.   Very sad situation.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3281099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3281099">Chas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3281099" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3281099" class="dsq-comment-message">i HAD BEEN WONDERING ABOUT HER AND THE REPORTED 80% APPROVAL RATING SHE HAS FROM ALASKANS.    Look at what we have learned about her.<br><br>She\'s been paid to sleep and eat in her own home and no one there seems to mind. (receiving a per diem to sleep at home)<br><br>She sold the executive pane, but has taken over the state police chopper for her use on demand (20% of the time?)<br><br>The patronage jobs she doled out to her high school pals.<br><br>Best, all the babble about energy independence, then applied for a waiver with the Dept of Energy to sell 100% of the natural gas coming in that magnificent pipeline, to Japan!<br><br>How does that help us achieve energy independence?<br><br>I\'d be embarassed and was wondering how you people not only accept this, but encourage it.<br><br>Chas Gaynor<br>Pa</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285385" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285385">ANN H CSONKA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285385" class="dsq-comment-message">From Virginia: <br>Thanks for this comment, Chas Gaynor:  "...then applied for a waiver with the Dept of Energy to sell 100% of the natural gas coming in that magnificent pipeline, to Japan!"<br><br>I would like your source for this, any documentation, to add to our list of how DISqualified this woman is. <br>We have lost all respect for McCain, and this is very sad political end for him (i hope).<br><br>As a woman, I\'m embarrassed and apalled because she demeans our gender.<br>As a citizen, I am actually scared silly. Are there enough evangelicals and simple-minded souls in out country to actually elect this pair?  You just don\'t know for sure until Nov 5 -- are there enough stupid people to fall for her bull (or "charm"?) ? . . . or enough biased people to just not be able to actually vote for Obama due to race? <br><br>The WORST Palin attribute is that the White House would be infiltrated by radicals who hate America.  <br>Surely the media should not dwell on the “regular hockey mom” farce, the spouting about Joe six-pack, and the stupid bad-mouthing of Obama . . . or the UNregular wardrobe.<br><br> Isn\'t it time for both citizens AND the media to skip a few trivia items and endless polls and tell people about the PALINS\' UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES, bomber-buddies and radical associates?  <br>Imagine the media attention if the Obamas were hooked up with a violently anti-American group that at one time even collaborated with the government of Iran.<br>Gov. Palin has A CURRENT, ACTIVE ASSOCIATION with the anti-American Alaska Independence Party (AIP).  Obama has a topically unrelated association with an educator who was an angry Vietnam war-resister 40 years ago!<br>COMPARE:<br>(1) Palin accused Barack of "not seeing the same America…" But she promotes Alaska and divisive actions.<br>(2) Obama continually supports and promotes the UNITED States of America. <br><br>Because of AIP, the exciting VP candidate Palin could not even pass a low-level Federal employee security clearance.  How could McCain do this?  He has “lost it”, and diehard Repub. and evangelical voters would blindly send her to infiltrate the White House? <br><br> “You betcha”, huh?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3280855" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3280855" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3280855">Tracy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3280855" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3280855" class="dsq-comment-message">So what are we Alaskans going to do about this when she returns to us in November? I\'d be first in line to sign a recall petition. I sure hope there is one up and running and if their isn\'t, I will probably start one myself.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285935" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285935">Jennifer</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3285935" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285935" class="dsq-comment-message">This Alaskan  will sign too!  I see Les Gara as the the best one to lead the push.  He has really impressed me these past few weeks with his role in not letting Palin off the hook.  And the fact that the majoriity of the legislatures who voted to release the report are Republicans should give her notice: this ISN\'T a partisan attack.  It is good people from both parties who are disgusted with her unethical and opportunistic behavior!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3284302" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3284302" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3284302">Hatchett</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3284302" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3284302" class="dsq-comment-message">Way to go!  Get \'er done!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3280744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3280744">khatts98178</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3280744" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3280744" class="dsq-comment-message">Well what\'s good for Sarah Drag Palin is very good for Todd Vampire Palin.  Now she loves the silk and all expensive clothes and jeweries.....and her hubby loves them all too.  No more shooting the mooses for clothing and whatever!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3280223" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3280223">Lindy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3280223" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3280223" class="dsq-comment-message">Very nice and balanced article about Sarah Palin.  The problem is, it doesn\'t match the heading again.  Who is making up these headings.  There is no quote of anyone saying they don\'t know her anymore.  There was no quote or substantiation that Alaskans don\'t recognize her anymore as the heading suggests.  Again, this is deceptive journalism.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3279969" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3279969">Sophia Pistis</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3279969" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3279969" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d like to see what would happen if I cc\'d my husband on my work emails. *insert eye roll here*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3278605" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3278605" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3278605">leonard</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3278605" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3278605" class="dsq-comment-message">Obviously, Sarah will step over many dead bodies to obtain her goal.  The next one will be McCain.  It is already a strained relationship with McCain (who is starting to figure out he will lose BECAUSE she is on the ticket!) that she has now decided she is the power and should be at the top of the ticket instead of John.  It may not work in this election, but she is sure gonna be around in four years (doggone it!) to be the challenger.  Unfortunately, she will have to go back to Alaska to "slum around" as their Governor (unless they impeach her!).  The danger is that she may slip back into oblivion, where she belongs.<br><br>There is an interesting article in the current New Yorker explaining how she got to her level as aspiring VP.  Great read!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3284469">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3284469" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3284469" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3284469">Madeline</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3284469" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3284469" class="dsq-comment-message">We will try VERY hard to make sure she slips into oblivion where she belongs!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3277556">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3277556" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3277556" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3277556">Janet</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3277556" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3277556" class="dsq-comment-message">I have been unemployed for over year now.  Clothes are off the list.  My mother came to visit from Europe and bought clothes for around $125.  Now this fraud and liar spent it on her family NOT herself ONLY.<br>Her husband $5090 for suits and hair cuts.<br>Her baby:  $295 for a toy.<br>McMoose: $4700 hair, $2500 glasses, $8000 on make up, $720 for a pair of shoes, thousands for her daughters.  $21000 flying her family around.  $17000 charged per diem to Alaska.  <br>This person says she understands and wants to reform America.  Whomever votes for that tickets needs to see psychiatrist.  Oh by the way.  Michelle Obama bought a skirt for $120.  What a difference.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3276693">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3276693" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3276693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3276693">Janis</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3276693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3276693" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is an opportunist.  When the dust settles she will probably move on from Alaska.  she has gotten the taste for designer clothes and  the celebrity life.  I predict she will be offered a show on Fox.  The Sarah Palin Hour where she can wear pretty clothes and talk  nonsense to adoring uneducated ignorant bigots who will eat it all up. Star ratings and private planes - who needs the office of the VP . Yipee she is on her way....</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3285975">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3285975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3285975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3285975">Jennifer</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3285975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3285975" class="dsq-comment-message">As an Alaskan , I hope she does leave the state and go work for Fox.  Good riddance, and maybe we can get a decent governor for our state, and Fox can get another frustrated wannabee political player who likes the sound of their own voice and their image on the tv screen.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3279643">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3279643" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3279643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3279643">Dave</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3279643" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3279643" class="dsq-comment-message">Janis, you are most likely correct.  Fox or Fixed News will snap her up and those folks that only use that channel to get their self agreeing news will think she is just so real and honest.  Wow, we actually have people in this country that only watch that crap and some of them are well educated.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3276662">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3276662" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3276662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3276662">Janis</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3276662" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3276662" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is an opportunist.  When the dust settles she will probably move on from Alaska.  she has gotten the taste for designer clothes and  the celebrity life.  I predict she will be offered a show on Fox.  the Sarah Palin Hour where she can wear pretty clothes and talk  nonsense to adoring uneducated ignorant bigots who will eat it all up. Star ratings and private plans - who needs the office of the VP . Yipee she is on her way....</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3276550">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3276550" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3276550" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3276550">Janet</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3276550" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3276550" class="dsq-comment-message">Snowmobiling, moose hunting, firing disagreeing people, buying clothes for $150 000, having a pregnant daughter, a disabled infant, a high school drop out guy whom impregnated her daughter and stated he is not interested in marrying her.  That\'s all anything else.  Impeach or vote out of office.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3276429">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3276429" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3276429" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3276429">Kathy, FL</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3276429" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3276429" class="dsq-comment-message">I am gald for Alskans that they got a clear picture of their leader whom is a miniscule mind at best.  They are being governed by coolege drop outs, friends and a snowmobile racer.  She said she took on the oil companies?  Think again.  She is the one "drill baby drill" and who is drilling the oil crownies.  Oil is corruption we had that for the last 8 years.  I am also tired of that circus of babies, teenagers, pregnant daughter, disabled child and husband wherever she goes.  Can you imaging the cost of flying and feeding them??  Now I have to kids of my own and especially with a pregnant daughter and a disabled child I would never subject my family to such scrutiny and rupture of their routine.  She is a political shark and will do whatever it takes to win regardless of her family.  Sick, selfish and egocentric.  Wake up Alaska, wake up America, is this what you want???  Obama/Biden</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3276135">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3276135" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3276135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3276135">Tom</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3276135" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3276135" class="dsq-comment-message">This pathetic uneducated idiot can fool Alaskans but not the rest of the country.  In a way I feel sorry for the Alaskan people having bought into such a fraud.  We deserve people that can make decisions on their own merits not others.  After the Presidential election is over the Rep. Party will be in a civil war and dissolve and Palin will dissappear.  In any other state Governors would be impeached or asked to step down.  I am tired of crownism.  That poor Attorney General must serve under a person that went only one year to college.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3275562" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3275562" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3275562">quietlighttraveler</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3275562" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3275562" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is pathetic.  Such blind ambition to the exclusion of all else.  sometimes ambition can carry you further than your talents would explain.  Obviously her ambtion and a pretty face allowed her to exploit a corrupt political system in Alaska to get elected as governor.  But let\'s face it, Alaska is a cultural and political backwater where a thing like that can happen.  But on a national stage, she just doesn\'t cut the mustard, even with our current  low standards for politicians.  It would be in the best interest of this country if Palin now disappears from the political scene altogether so that she can do no more harm, even in Alaska.  As for Todd Palin, he is obviously just a puppet for his wife\'s use.  But maybe he accepts that role in return for the money and perks Sahrah Palin brings in.  Somehow I knew when I first heard Palin compare herself to a pit bull with lipstick that this candidate was going to be a bummer.  I mean, she wasn\'t running for office at the world wrestling Federation.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3275482">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3275482" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3275482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3275482">gus smith</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3275482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3275482" class="dsq-comment-message">I just can\'t get passed the Palin family image.   How can a mother of five justify any other role than assuring the education and upbringing of her offspring?  Why was Treat(?), the oldest allowed to become a delinquent and Bristol to run around with the wild crowd?  The Palins could afford the finest education to provide for the futures of their children.  I\'d love to know the status of the education funds for each.  An Trig, just a sack to be schlepped around on her schedule, not what he requires for a babies schedule</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3275029">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3275029" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3275029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3275029">INFO</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3275029" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3275029" class="dsq-comment-message">JUST LOCK THE DOOR & THROW AWAY THE KEY,PALINS RUN IS BOUT 2-B-OVER ALONG WITH SCANDELS THAT WILL ERUBT.HER & HUBBY WILL B- ON A SECRET RENDEZVOUS CLEANING ALL OF THE TROUBLE IN STORE 4-HER & FAMILY.C-U-WHEN I C-U  (   :</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3274151">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3274151" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3274151" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3274151">Katie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3274151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3274151" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s too bad that Alaskans "don\'t recognize" Sarah - because in about two and half short weeks she\'ll be back in Alaska....for good.  This self-proclaimed DC outsider has had her 15 minutes of fame, and I don\'t ever expect to see her inside the beltway.</div>\
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