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That Andrew guy is a f--ing idiot!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_23:00:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "803401ef81ac724f9ffdaef21aaccd56", "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}, "3969799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm an independent. I voted for Obama. Here's why: <br><br>1. McCain wanted to continue to fight in Iraq. That is silly, as the Taliban are based out of Afghanistan currently. <br><br>2. Economics. Granted, the president doesn't control the economics of the country directly, but he DOES greatly affect them (vetoing or not vetoing certain bills, how much he designates to be spent on various ventures, etc.)<br><br>3. Environment: Our world is dying. Straight up. This is a verified FACT. (The only ones who are doubting this are those who've been listening to propaganda that was specifically paid for by the oil companies. The vast majority of actual weather & geological scientist are telling us we're in big trouble. If you've ever heard of the frog in the pot of boiling water scenario (and if you haven't, it goes like this. A frog dropped in a pot of boiling water will jump out immediately. But one in a warm pot where the pot is turned up degree by degree, won't jump out, eventually getting boiled alive, because it doesn't have the 'jolt' factor) we are currently in the process of being boiled alive. MORE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST TO GLOBAL WARMING THAN THE WAR IN IRAQ! Heat related deaths have taken out thousands across Europe. The ridiculous strength of the weather that hit Greensburough and New Orleans  are direct results of Global warming. <br><br>4. Oil Dependence is bad. Oil in GENERAL is bad. \"Drill baby drill\" is NOT a responsible solution to foreign dependence on oil. We have all kinds of alternative energy solutions to oil, but we're not using them because oil is so EASY. You know what a monopoly is? It's when one thing dominates the market, not giving choice. It may not fit the full political definition, but oil dominates our travel methods. It's a monopoly that needs to be broken. The way to get off of foreign oil is to get off of oil overall. (Almost every oil use has a substitute. Electric cars to gas - electric cars are much cheaper in the long run, corn oils instead of crude oils as the basis for plastics - unfortunately a bit more expensive but much cleaner, etc.<br><br>5. What the international community thinks of us IS an important thing. Think about it, if you go around harassing your neighbors, they're going to call the cops or deal with you themselves. If a nation goes around harassing other nations, those nations are going to drop alliances with us or their people are going to fly planes into our buildings. If the U.S. is hated, there WILL be consequences. This is about playing nice instead of being the playground bully. As Americans, we should be heroes, not villains.<br><br>6.  Fear. Fear is a plague across America. It's one of the safest nations in the world, and we have a population that's often paralyzed with fear. What's McCain do? He plays on our fears. He makes the epidemic worse. Obama, for the most part, didn't play on our fear, despite the fact it can often raise ratings. I respect him for that.<br><br>7. Campaign funding. Yes, Obama had one of the most well-funded campaigns in history. That in itself is an eyebrow raiser. The impressive part is when you look at WHO funded each candidate and where that money came from. Obama's campaign money was fully disclosed. Anyone could look and see who was funding him. And OVER 80% was from average Americans donating to him. That funding was raised through effectively the same method as girlscouts selling girlscout cookies. Completely honest. McCain's funding? 35% of it was undisclosed (didn't know WHO it came from, and he wouldn't tell... why?) Only 25% came from average Americans. The vast majority of the rest? Big corporations.<br><br>8. Balancing the wealth. Take money from the rich and give it to the poor? That's actually a good idea when the gap between rich and poor is growing out of control. We've reach a system where 'you have to have money to make money'. This is a BAD thing. A good system is where 'everyone has an equal chance to earn money.' Most employers do NOT pay the people an equivalent amount for the amount of money they bring in. It is NOT a matter of the rich are getting money stolen from them to give to someone who's not working, but taking money back from those (many who gained it via dubious methods) and using it to repair our tattered economy. And the poor having money does a lot for the rich in the long run ANYWAY. As the dollar becomes stronger, the overall value of the rich's money increases, even if the listed dollar amount is lower. Everyone wins with a balanced economy, the only drawback for the rich is less prestige & control over poorer people. And as a democracy, we should be about freedom.<br><br>Reasons I hesitated about Obama:<br>1. The space program. The space program is a vital part of not only our country, but the world's future. Obama's not doing much for it. We're on the verge of finally breaking away from being restricted to Earth. As the saying goes, \"Land... they're not making more of it\". We need cheap and easy space travel post haste. We're using up resources, we're running out of space with overpopulation. The main place where there is more, is up. <br><br>2. The right to bear arms. I am totally against gun control. Why? Because an armed populous serves 3 major uses. One is crime deterrient. It's been shown that when a population is armed, crime drops. Why? Because when you give someone cause for self-defense, and you know that person is likely armed, you're less likely to commit the crime. Another is that the more powerful the populace, the less likely for another country to invade. (If you have to fight a countries army AND its people, it quickly becomes not worth it). Another is government deterrent. The government can be swayed, controlled, manipulated, etc. If someone ever got 'critical mass' and took control of the government, an armed population allows chances for rebellion to be more successful. Historically, most nations that have retained freedom for the populates at large almost always had an armed populace.  Yes, there are bonuses to controlling guns, but the benefits for guns outweigh the benefits against them. (Think M.A.D.D. on a more personal level, the same reason most nuclear countries aren't bombing the heck out of other nuclear countries.)<br><br>Overall, the democrats had more of the important issues this time around. (Although it was still pretty close. 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It doesn't matter if you have a rebuttal, the point is that your rebuttals were wrong. \"I said it in a serious tone with a straight face, so you must take me seriously\" is not a valid argument.<br><br>And yeah, why should someone attack Rush Limbaugh? He's just a racist homophobic drug addict that happens to have a couple million listeners....it's not like he's making a negative influence on a huge portion of our population or anything. If that's not helping the world, I don't know WHAT is.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_23:22:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d6e0a0b285423a463b79bcade138eba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3997694, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3969036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I assume he took exit polling data by state", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_11:53:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3890324, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3963537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Notice something wrong with Oklahoma? It's always red....in every category. <br><br>\"Self-described political moderates:\"?, those Oklahoman sure don't know what the political center means.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_21:50:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "bf0325eb74cd6328ed76918d7fd9fb8c", "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}, "3893523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh yea, forgot, all exit poll statistics I used were pulled from the CNN website. <a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#val=USP00p6\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-19_08:31:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3893496, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3972628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "interesting. I wonder how it would have gone if both had had equal resources. I like Obama but I can't argue that he had a HUGE money advantage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_16:09:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "5cfd2593bebe4f369277d2e048a95b79", "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}, "4620183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks for this, I appreciate the effort.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_21:44:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "dd362a50e571fab84f87b854ae66902a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months 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}, "3950232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Andrew,<br><br>You say \"People over 65 tend to vote conservative because they don't like things to change cause they realize that the country has worked fine so far.\" Under the 8 years of republican rule are you doing better? If so, congratulation, must people in this country aren't however. You say Obama is a fad, can you clear this up for me, because he is black, because he inspires hope? Back to the change issues you have or believe seniors have. Now I won't say liberals have been the only changing force behind Americas great changes, because they haven't, but I would suspect that one would have to agree that if this country of ours hadn't made drastic changes to our social, religious, and moral values we wouldn't be this great nation we are today. I understand though, change is scary, especially if you are doing O.K, but I would go so far as to say it's patriotic for Americans to want change and to step out of our comfort zone and make this a better country.<br><br>You are easy to comment and say that \"People are blinded by \"hope\" and \"change\" when hope has nothing to do with ideologies and the change Obama represents is bad.\" Can you also explain this, what part of this change do you not agree with? Also may I comment on the \"hope\" part. In my eyes hope is a big part of politics these days. With so many grim days behind and ahead of us, people need something to hope for, they need a symbol and Mccain couldn't do that for 67,842,818 Americans. For some people when a candidate can inspire them, that's all it takes. <br><br>On top of the hope and inspiration for many people is was about race, white and black for better or worse. A lot of people voted against Obama because he was black, or they thought he was a terrorist or whatever it was, that is a fact. People also voted because he was black, another fact. However a lot white and people of color did so in part because him getting elected showed that America is a place of real opportunity, we now practice what we preach and that is a miracle in itself. In all honesty I don't think Obama would have won if so many things hadn't fallen apart from Mccain, which says something when the residing president has a 28% approval rating. History shows when it gets that low in the end of the term the incumbent party loses the election. So either Obama was really bad (which I might add ran one of the best presidential candidacy runs ever), but because of unfavorable conditions toward Mccain he won,  or he overcame peoples fears about race, youth, and change. I guess when it comes down to it, it's all debatable, although I would direct you to the white voter map. I know, I know, the black vote is overwhelming democratic, but blacks have always voted at least 80% democrat.<br><br>Before this post gets to long (oops!) I would just like to comment on the youth issue. You know what, I better not, because if you can't see that wisdom is not something given with age, but something earned, then you don't really care either way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_23:42:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "cacd0c472c0ae4e83f07bb320ad0b3a2", "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}, "7241241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "one more thing. im tired of hearing some right wingers trying to blame the democrats for this economic downturn. the truth is the republican philosophy of DEREGULATION is what ultimately caused this mess. these regulations were put in place following the GREAT DEPRESSION to ensure it would never happen again. these regulations served its purpose until they began getting stripped away, one by one, by the republican controlled gov't.  these regulations, had they still been in place, would have prevented the situation we currently find ourselves in. these are the FACTS.  remember, the democrats had been out of power for many years until recently.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-15_15:46:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "250d47cb33d5d0fb6246cf3bdadcc171", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "8 months 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}, "3953178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Edit: \"I can be hopeful that stealing money from people who have earned it and giving it to people who haven't necessarily earned it but that doesn't mean a thing.\"<br><br>I haven't slept in a while, I need to rewrite this sentence<br><br>I can be hopeful that stealing money from the people who employ the workers of America and giving that money to other people will help the economy but my \"Hope\" is worthless since logic would say that taking money from my boss would lead him to pay me less anyhow or fire me.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_09:09:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3953130, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3843482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow BUSHwhacker... you know why I disagreed with Obama? Independents must vote Democratic? Doesn't that kind of negate the purpose of having an Independent party? Shut up. You have no idea why I agreed with McCain more than Obama.<br>I never said that I have a problem with Obama winning. I just hope he can accomplish all he has said he will. The world needs it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-16_16:41:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "83d4c022190aca07d39ddb780eed1b35", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3927456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yea i was kind of referring to you as in the living old. Obviously your views are deeply embedded in your head and anyone with that corrupt of a point of view can turn any comment on any person. I care about the poor, I just don't want to know about them, I'm a douche. I care about the earth, i just want to drill more oil, I'm a douche. Ive got 50 rooms in my house I haven't entered in years, but I'm to douchey to pay taxes. Instead I'll use my money to lobby the president so he can set up a loophole to commemorate the dinosaurs, so I can pay less in taxes. I have one room in my house without a 50\" flat screen, what if guests come? I can't be paying taxes I'm a douche. I don't even know why I'm typing anymore cause I'm sure you'll just claim things you don't really believe in like a total douche Republican. Im sure if I shot you in the head no one would care as long as your parents douche views on politics died along with you. McCain's plan is going to make more money, or wait his plan is to freeze all spending, well maybe that would make more money, I'm not really sure. Lets cut spending on education, fucking brilliant. I'm sure the Japanese won't pull to much further ahead than us in schooling. I mean i have better things to do, like eat unborn fetus'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_22:58:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "11ac66b3ff34972be65be9b5e270270e", "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": 3919603, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13341219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And just to think they were all bamboozled, hoodwinked, and in earnest, lied to...hehehe...how's that hope n change working for you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-25_22:12:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "wookponub", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months 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}, "13706533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A lot better than \"Now stand back and watch this drive.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-30_23:26:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "159fea8c33d7651f4e59c5de53034464", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13341219, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3931942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Seriously uwstout? You have managed to put forth the most, idiotic, meaningless, crass response to what has so far been a seemingly fair, two sided debate. You have taken to to the level of what I believe a nine-year-old would do. Take everything and add a funny word (douche) you found it so useful you plagued your response with it. Everything you said in the previous statement only goes to further Andrew's cause. You make yourself look like an idiot and put a burden on those who may share your ideals to make a serious response that will carry weight in a debate. Having to apologize for the idiots who share our view can be what leads to the downfalls... kind of like the stereotypes going around. I may not agree with everything Andrew has to say, but I believe he has put forth an effort to intelligently show his side of things. You sir, are a joke. Please do not post anything else unless you have seriously thought about what it is you are saying.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_08:44:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "3a849e483967556a0d106be74fb94286", "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": 3927456, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14906409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And just to think they were all bamboozled, hoodwinked, and in earnest, lied to...hehehe...how's that hope n change working for you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-16_08:19:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "webtasarimi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months 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}, "3892011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i agree, but you blow it at the end with making a blanket attack on the South.  I hate them too, but it just ruins your point to call them white trash (even tho they are).  oh well.  he won, so the racists will just have to eat it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-19_04:08:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "f2367a919f7c1cec41de980f6c89155a", "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": 3890289, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yo dude I don't know how you can call the young uneducated and brainwashed. Are you saying the educational system you set up sucked ballz? The truth is the computer era has brought on a new way of thinking. People no longer are smart for knowing tons of facts, since they can be found at anytime. The real brain power comes in the form of thought. To be able to take in both sides, hear what they have to say, and then use logic and reasoning to come to your conclusion. The old grew up in a time when trust was a big factor. They still believe what they see and hear in the media. The youth just know that you can't believe what you hear. We are in a constant search of truth.  We need facts to base an opinion off. I watched John McCain straight up lie in the presidential debates. Obama voted against this 49billion times, look at the record. Like ok im looking at the record and not seeing it. Idk about you but a man who lies his way into office seems like he would be more opt to oil lobbists. Money and the power, never enough. And I am currently in college, so i guess I'm brainwashed by all my hippie teachers. Or maybe I'm just not a selfish old prick who doesn't give a shit about the environment or the future of the world as long as that no good Arab terrorist, president elect Obama doesn't take any of my money.  Its like people are so obsessed with their own status they are unwilling to share money for the things we all use. <br><br>\"\u2026blamed the voracious American pursuit of private consumption and the engines of corporate advertising that fed it for neglecting \u201csocial consumption\u201d\u2014the roads, schools, hospitals, and other infrastructure needed for a humane society. \" <br><br>And forget about abortions, everyone. How can the religious vote Republican based strictly on abortion. It is the only issue they seem to care about. What about helping out the poor. Or did they just not try as hard growing up. Give it up, the inequality is outrageous is the public school system. woops class is over gotta go roast my tries, whhhhoa", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:22:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "11ac66b3ff34972be65be9b5e270270e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3893496, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3934767": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you ORLY, it is nice to see someone who can go about a debate with class instead of mindlessly spouting off inane comments.  You have shown the kind of levelheaded respect for thoughtful debate that entitles you to a good amount of respect yourself.<br><br>Honestly, I cannot make any sense out of uwstout's comment.  Are you just saying rich people suck or what?  It seems like your method of argument is making ridiculous comments then in order to stifle any rebuttal from me you say that I'm a douche Republican and you don't care about my opinion.  Btw, show me where McCain said he was going to strip education spending.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_11:43:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3931942, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4705330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh and sorry to reply twice to the same comment, but I missed your misrepresentation of abortion. It's not the same as shooting people, because when you murder someone they are ALIVE first. There is no scientific reason to believe that a fetus is capable of life, it is a parasite by definition and unable to sustain itself until late into the pregnancy. Just because a fetus CAN be a child, doesnt mean that it IS a child.<br><br>Fetuses aren't children, they are fetuses. The sooner you can make that distinction, the sooner you can hold an informed opinion on the matter. I am a perfectly caring human being and I know the difference between murder and abortion.<br><br>I am personally of the belief that if you are not a pregnant woman, you don't deserve an opinion on abortion.<br><br>Also, this isn't anything against Andrew although it probably applies...but how can you be both pro-life AND pro-war? Are you also pro-death penalty? The entire pro-life side of the Republican party is illogical....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_23:59:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d6e0a0b285423a463b79bcade138eba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3919603, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I didn't set up any education system.  I can't think of any person who did.  It's teachers and the media that brainwash our children as they grow up.  Beyond that, show me where McCain lied during the debates and I can show you where Obama lied.  That's what politicians do.<br><br>You don't seem to understand that conservatives care as much if not more about the poor than liberals.  We, however, are not willing to steal other people's money to give to the poor.  Conservatives favor charitable donation over stealing money that doesn't belong to you from other people.  I can't see someone who votes liberal really saying they care about the poor cause it's not like THEY are giving any money to the poor, just the rich people.<br><br>Why would people \"forget\" about abortions?  If someone was going around shooting people in the head every hour unchecked I wouldn't say \"forget that murderer who we refuse to imprison\".  No caring human being is going to \"forget\" about the unjust murder of countless children.<br><br>Also, I haven't seen any comprehensive plan by Obama to improve inequality in the schooling system while the Republican platform supports the highly efficient voucher system.<br><br>In the end, the only people who can be considered selfish in this election are the ones who voted for Obama because they are banking that the rich will pay for the poor and they themselves (the voter) will have to pay nothing and maybe even make more.  Not to mention that McCain's plan has shown that it would increase growth by twice the amount of Obama's plan in practically all sectors. <br><a href=\"http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/cda08-09.cfm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/cda08-09...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:23:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913880, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3867318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, if you look at the white voter data, he put that \"black voters would be a sea of blue\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-17_16:40:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "81c17814bef24238b4c10cfe40ae261a", "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": 3850700, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3966263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interesting how the only McCain won was first.  (Hmmm.  Why would that be?)  That pretty much lost me right there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_04:54:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "2fb8d6ba0b79a0f262af8d52a584ee25", "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}, "3952056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ron Paul is making another bid for 2012! He didn't make the ticket this past year because the corporatocracy wasn't having any of that \"We the People\" nonsense. But don't take my word for it. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/36715/paul-delegates-to-convention-go-uncounted.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newser.com/story/36715/paul-delegate...</a><br><br>Are we going to let this happen again? Let's keep control of OUR country! Stop letting these grinning politicians filibuster their way into the White House. We all had no choice but to vote for the lesser of two evils this time around. Let Obama make/steal a couple billion, and then his turn is over. 2012 is the year we can have our country back!!!!! RP'12", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_06:22:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "d858f898d2a577eee96861b83afab95c", "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}, "4008895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Do you mean Chinese or Asian?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-25_13:12:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3999525, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3844800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Newsflash: there's no such thing as an Independent Party.  There are simply lots of  unaffiliated voters, people who are willing to let other people, those who embrace  the principles of a particular political party, decide for them who the candidates are going to be in any given election.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-16_18:57:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "411af528db47ab1c856def569b193f09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3843482, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4705215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, the issues with the voucher system is that they cause huge class divisions. Poor people can not get as good an education as rich people under the system, and that only makes it that much harder for them to get a job later on and pay for their children's vouchers. It's not so much about making the poor poorer as it is about making the rich richer. Basically, under that kind of system you would have to have money already to make more money (which is obviously unfair to most people).<br><br>And again, you demonstrate that you have no knowledge of how taxation actually works. It's not like \"rich people, find some hobos and give them money or else you go to jail\". Rich people are giving money to EVERYBODY, including themselves, to pay for services that EVERYBODY, including themselves, takes advantage of. Social Security, medicare, roads, schools, etc. The list goes on. How is it fair to force someone making $10,000 a year to foot society's bill, people who are so poor that they have to choose between paying taxes and eating, when Joe the CEO is making $300 million for driving the economy into the ground would have no issues putting in his share? Your ideology doesn't make sense morally or economically.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_23:46:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d6e0a0b285423a463b79bcade138eba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3919603, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3850700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You forgot Blacks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-16_20:19:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "73026653d6508b38164957b4336ac1af", "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}, "7240781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "its amazing that some voters who consider the economy to be their  #1 issue decided that JOHN MCCAIN was their man, lol.  maybe they figure PALIN  would solve this economic mess. i hear she can see a bank from her house.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-15_15:12:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "250d47cb33d5d0fb6246cf3bdadcc171", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7242705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This reply is really late and since Obama has been president for almost 2 months a lot has changed but this is what I think about those 10 things you are arguing about<br><br>1. We can't  leave Iraq before our job is done and expect that everything will be fine, and that they won't follow us home<br><br>2. I can't think of anything to say here<br><br>3. well, i think that there is global warming, but i don't think it is our fault, and i think that the government is trying to use this to scare us into changing our lives by buying things that are supposed to help the environment, the world is always changing and there is nothing we can do to stop it's natural ups and downs, nature changes the temperature on its own more than we do, global warming is a scam to make the government money.<br><br>4. Oil is useful, there is plenty of oil left, and on our own land too. liberals are trying to save the precious animals by telling us we cant drill in certain places.<br><br>5. I am an American so i don't know why people in other countries hate us so much. i do know that China hates us partially because of the stimulus bill, though. If i lived in a different country, i wouldn't hate America, and if i did it wouldnt be because we are the best or because our armies are where they need to be. it would be because our values have changed. for instance we are spending so much money on the environment, entertainment,  so called \"stimulus\", animal protection, stem cell research, abortion, and other things rather than helping other people.<br><br>6. I don't understand how this is relavent.<br><br>7. I don't know where or how Obama and Mccain got the money they did, but so far w/Obama we spent  over a trillion dollars of borrowed money on a bill that most of Congress did not even read<br><br>8. I believe the Correct term is Socialism<br><br>1. I do not see how this is important<br><br>2. this is really important, they cannot take away our right to bear arms, it is unconstitutional, but that hasn't stopped the government on other things <br><br>Also i must comment, why did you keep using the same words: ignorant, Misinformed, etc.? I am sorry this is very late, but i must also add that George Bush had a higher approval rating 2 months into his presidency then Obama has now", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-15_17:42:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "45959320c6b975a3b3ad109328760ea8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4705002, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3967572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I only notice something right with Oklahoma... it's always red.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_09:13:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3963537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4705114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your understanding of history here is lacking. In the times of segregation, the ideologies of the democrats and republicans were basically reversed. The only thing that is similar about democrats now and democrats 75 years ago is the name. This is especially true when you go back further, to the Whigs and even to the Democratic-Republican parties. If we're going to start labelling people based on what their ancestors did, this whole country is in a lot of trouble.<br><br>That was the only thing I noticed here though, I actually agree with your main point. Race shouldn't matter. The only reason race is a factor at ALL is because of the irresponsible mainstream media on both sides of the party lines.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_23:34:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d6e0a0b285423a463b79bcade138eba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3893496, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3993051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know at first Andrew I thought you were a mindless conservative drone, I really did. You have shown me however, that you are a crazy conservative nut. You know your facts, kind of, but you pull that crazy right wing BS. You don't concede to to points you have no rebuttal to and you use sketchy logic among other things. I guess in the end I don't really care to much when it's apparent you clearly have an agenda here. But good job, I'm sure you would make comedian Rush Limbaugh proud.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_15:33:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "cacd0c472c0ae4e83f07bb320ad0b3a2", "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": 3974376, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3999525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What about a map of just chinese voters?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_23:40:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "6056465e0b5fe17a3b205a3411096834", "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}, "3974376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your post is not really an argument, more a statement of positions.  I still feel compelled to comment on it though just to clear things up.<br><br>1. Iraq is the main battleground in the war on terror.  Osama himself has said this and many of the enemy combatants over there are terrorists.  Also, abandoning the Iraqis while they are trying to rebuild their government sends a horrible message to any countries in need.<br><br>2. Economy... <a href=\"http://www.heritage.org/Research/taxes/cda08-09.cfm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.heritage.org/Research/taxes/cda08-09...</a><br><br>3. Nothing to say here since you have your mind made up.  Just remember that A) there is no scientific consensus on man-made climate change B) The arbiter of temperature in our solar system is the sun, not gasses that make up less than a percent of our atmosphere.  Personally I think that the whole movement is just a scare tactic so scientists can get more cash from making up studies and the liberals can cash in on selling people inefficient alternative energies.  I mean, the temperature on other planets is going up so I don't see why people expect us to be different.<br><br>4. Oil is good.  It is highly efficient and decently plentiful.  Drilling allows us to keep more of our own money.  Personally I'm looking forward to Nuclear and Hydrogen power but we should use what we have.  Alternative energy sources are wildly inefficient, there is practically no incentive to switch.<br><br>5. People will always hate who is in first place.  Also, other countries do not choose the president and if they want to have a specific candidate then they can suck it. I know that doesn't sound like a respectful position but it is SO pretentious for other countries to think they can have a say in who we elect that all I can say to them is suck on my balls.  Seriously, I DO NOT CARE.  There is practically no country with a legit reason to hate us and many with legit reasons to LOVE us. If Europe hates us so much then they should pay back the Marshall Plan (adjusted for inflation).<br><br>6.Fear is necessary.  A nation without fear is foolish and vulnerable.  Obama didn't play on fears because he wants people to be as irrational and naive as possible.<br><br>7. I don't really understand this point.  McCain took public funds so he couldn't get direct contributions to my knowledge.  Just because he brainwashed enough people to donate to his campaign doesn't make him a good president.<br><br>8. Stealing money is not a good policy. Beyond that, the rich already pay the majority of the tax burden.  That doesn't sound like equality to me.  In this country the pay in jobs go up as the skill level required goes up, and that is as it should be.  If you think that people aren't paid enough then make your own company and pay them whatever you want. We already have relative freedom of opportunity, to reward people for not taking the time to learn a trade or profession.  And if you think taking money from the people who run the economy will strengthen it then you are not thinking clearly.<br><br>Other:<br>1. Agree<br><br>2. Agree", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:53:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3969799, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3953148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Glad to see people can come up with constructive criticism ^_^ It's okay if you're not smart enough to formulate a competent rebuttal, not everyone can.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_09:04:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3927480, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4705002": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1. It doesn't matter what Iraq is NOW, the fact is that the American public was lied to about Iraq. If Osama bin Laden was in Iraq, we should have been told that. Not \"Saddam is going to kill us all if we don't get him now!\" I'm not really arguing on Iraq though, we need to fix the mess we made ASAP and I don't think you will find any sane person who wants to stay there a day longer than we need to. McCain's \"100 years of war in Iraq\" gaffe really dissuaded me from voting for him. The only thing that war generates is the guarantee that our children will grow up to see the same kind of violence.<br><br>2. Even your source claims that the plans are not comparable. Besides the fact that they are BOTH beneficial for the economy, they conveniently ignore the effects of their plans in the long run. Obama's progressive plan is aimed at creating more jobs, and getting people off the streets. McCain's is focused solely on numbers- with his plan, it doesn't matter who is making the money, as long as it is still flowing.<br><br>3. Your ignorance on this subject is astounding. There has been a scientific consensus on the subject for years. The controversy surrounding global warming and the environmental crisis is not a scientific one. Your second point (B) is laughable. The Sun isn't the only arbiter of temperature, are you aware of how much energy humans produce? The problem isn't that the temperature is raising, it's how much the temperature is raising by, and the fact that there is no reason to believe it will ever fluctuate with the infrastructure that we have in place. Please do some more research before making baseless, blatantly false claims like this one. Someone who doesn't know better may think you are actually serious.<br><br>4.  Oil is extremely useful, nobody could argue against that. However, it causes a ton of problems, most notably forcing us to maintain diplomacy with countries that harbor terrorists and commit horrible civil rights violations (Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran etc). <br><br>I would like a source that can seriously claim that Hydrogen power/other alternative energy sources are as inefficient as you claim. The reasons for inefficiency are because of limited technology- which is being revamped by the day and can easily be in place within the next decade. Keep in mind that these sources are both 100% renewable, completely safe, beneficial to the environment and can only be improved upon. I would say that those are several pretty strong incentives to switch, and that was after only about 1.5 seconds of thinking of reasons to switch from oil.<br><br>Also, speaking of inefficient, the plans for American offshore drilling are so horrible that I can't believe that you'd suggest them here. Let me quote a SOURCE (<a href=\"http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/20/new_offshore_drilling_not_a_quick_fix_analysts_say/%29:\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008...</a><br><br>\"It would take at least a decade for oil companies to obtain permits, procure equipment, and do the exploration necessary to get the oil out of the ground, most industry analysts say. And even then, they add, the amount of new oil produced would probably be too small to significantly affect world oil prices.\"<br><br>So basically, with the Republican offshore drilling program, we get to waste taxpayer money AND irreparably destroy the environment! How could we argue against that?<br><br>5. \"People hate us because we're the best\" \"People hate us because of our freedoms\" etc are some of the most blatantly ignorant lines I've ever heard. People don't hate us because we're free, they hate us because our armies travel the world destroying things, interfering with politics around the globe, we destabilize entire regions of the world and then we force our culture down their throats. Please, refer to the huge amounts of support that the Iraqi shoe-thrower has gotten for more information here. Needless to say, if this is what you really believe then you need to open your eyes.<br><br>6. Fear is not necessary at all. How could you even suggest such a ridiculous concept? Do you think the founding fathers drafted the Constitution because they were scared? You don't seem to understand the difference between \"fear\" and \"vigilance\". Obama didn't play on fears because his campaign managers were smart enough to realize that people were getting sick of Rovian politics, using fear to promote candidates that were obviously unqualified got old to the American people. Fear is divisive, it is only used when one group wants to exercise control over another. Vigilance, on the other hand, unites us all.<br><br>7. Have you ever stopped to think that people who disagree with you may not have been \"brainwashed\", but might just see a different side of the problem? Your ignorance shines even more brightly here. His point is that McCain wasn't open about his campaign, with 35% of his funds from \"undisclosed\" persons. Whether or not he was doing something shady doesn't matter, it just makes you wonder why he chose to hide such an important part of his campaign. Americans are finally starting to get tired of being kept in the dark. If you want to be elected, you should have to answer to the voters. It's a simple issue of ethics.  This problem was magnified when Mrs. Palin decided to spend campaign money on $150,000 of expensive clothing, which is more than most American families will make off of 3 years of salary.<br><br>8. It's not \"stealing money\". Obama's plan is to slightly increase taxes that ALREADY EXIST, and only for the smallest amount of people. If that is really what you believe, then you can accuse EVERY president of \"stealing money\" from people, and you can equally accuse McCain of wanting to steal from people. Please stop being so ignorant when making claims. You bring up several good points but they are so clouded with misinformation and bias that it is really difficult to take you seriously.<br><br>Other: <br>1. I also agree that space exploration needs more funding, however given our current situation I think that there are more important issues to take care of.<br><br>2. I also am a 100% advocate of the right to bear arms, I agree.<br><br>I know that this reply is a little late, but I just stumbled upon this article today. I don't care if anyone replies, of if you, Andrew, ever sees it. I just wanted to vent and I saw this ignorant, misinformed post and I wanted to right some wrongs :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_23:20:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d6e0a0b285423a463b79bcade138eba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3974376, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13873643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, the economy is sure getting fixed now!!  LMAO  Pretty soon all we will need is our government ID to walk into the government ran grocery store to get our rations.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-04_06:32:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "evan_5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7240781, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3968623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is pathetic!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_11:23:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c1a0f8a0d68014a982e6133e1a347d0e", "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}, "3890289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Andrew, <br><br>Old people also tend to vote Republican because they grew up in a time when segregation was still practiced in half the country and racist thinking was far more common and acceptable. Old habits die hard. That being said, the Republican Party is in serious trouble because as more and more of these old people die off, they are taking their ideology with them to the graves. Based on the stats, the vast majority of young people are voting democratic...and it's not because they are \"ignorant\" or \"uninformed\". It's because they are earning college degrees more than previous generations.. They are simply more educated and have been introduced to greater amounts of culture and diversity. <br><br>I also want to comment on the South voting so emphatically for John McCain. According to Adam Nossiter's November 11, 2008 editorial in the New York Times, less than 1/3 of Southern whites voted for Obama, whereas 43 percent of whites voted for Obama nationally. 9/10 of all whites in the state of Alabama voted for McCain. 60% of whites in Kentucky who voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary, voted for John McCain during the general election. Amazingly, in some Southern areas, people supported McCain more than they did Bush four years earlier, even though Bush is more conservative than McCain. <br><br>Andrew, how do you explain this? It's race. The South was, still is, and always will be a separate, racist entity filled with beer-drinking, deer-hunting, uneducated, poor white trash.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_23:45:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "65e4e49f6e5e46700fec60f05e2c0fb9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3974387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanx ^_^", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_17:54:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3973242, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3953140": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If Ron Paul hadn't been against the war he might have had a chance to win the nomination... also people were turned off because Ron Paul supporters seemed even crazier than Obama supporters.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_09:04:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3952056, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3893496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lets see... how to refute this... hmmm... here it goes<br><br>They grew up in a time when segregation was still practiced and was a big part of the DEMOCRATIC party.  Now, to be fair, the southern democratic party was socially conservative at that time and does not align fully with the current Democratic party but the point still stands; the Republican party HAS NEVER BEEN FOR SEGREGATION. So to say that old people are overwhelmingly segregationist is a stretch, so say that is why they vote Republican is BEYOND ridiculous.<br><br>Now, about the youth.  The young generally vote Democratic because they are less wise, many are uninformed, and ALL of them have been subject to the biased media and school systems (the young are notorious for being easy to brainwash).  Beyond that, a college degree does little to make you knowledgeable about politics or political ideas (knowing how to derive functions or write a sentence without grammatical errors does not help you know whether or not abortion is wrong).  As people age they move more to the right, it's history.<br><br>About the whole \"1/3 of Southern Whites voted for Obama\". Ever heard of the \"Red South\"?  The South usually votes majority Republican, you are not revealing anything new.  If you actually look at exit polls then you will see that people who said race was a factor in their vote placed their vote for Obama the majority of the time (53% to 45%).  This shows that his skin color HELPED him more than hurt him so if anything then the country is more racist against whites than blacks. I'd be more worried about prejudice against the elderly (as you might have shown yourself) since nearly twice as many people said that was a factor in their vote and 66% of those voted for Obama.<br><br>If you wish to generalize by geography then should we say the North and West are all brainwashed hippie elitists.  I know that's not true however, since there were some votes for McCain in both the North AND the West ;)<br><br>Seriously though, in the end the Democratic platform has more mentions of race than a KKK mission statement.  The Republican platform (as far as I've seen so far) is devoid of any mention of race, and that is as it should be.  The government should not see skin color at all.  I find the Democratic platform to be offensive in their inclusion of race in their policies and the Republican platform is by far the least racist of the two.<br><br>Regardless of all of this, I thank you for using good sentence structure and grammar in your argument and actually including statistics to try and support your argument.  I respect your opinion except for the last paragraph.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-19_08:29:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3890289, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3890324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey man, how did you do this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-18_23:49:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "d0bcd17564d52b42cc0e037eba80be5e", "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}, "3973242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think I'm gonna start an Andrew fan club. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-23_16:28:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "83d4c022190aca07d39ddb780eed1b35", "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": 3893496, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13873599": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're saying the \"change\" is good? What color is the sky in your world?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-04_06:30:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "evan_5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13706533, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13762940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wyoming too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-31_19:08:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "f2fd19a82550428c658b8b03b8232ea6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3963537, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3953130": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'll respond to every paragraph in order.<br><br>First, you seem to think that the President is the arbiter of our economy.  He is not.  Look at Clinton's Presidency, he had a big economic boon when he did practically nothing for the economy.  He received a boom because of the internet boom. The economy and Presidency are not as intertwined as people think. The main reason for the current economic downturn is the mortgage problem that was forced by Democrats, the spike in oil we had that hurt many many companies, and the reduction in the value in the dollar.  Also, if Bush had stayed with the conservative base it would have reduced the effects of these 3 things but he strayed.  Change, however, is not a positive thing in itself.  The subjectivity of change comes in whether it helps or hurts.  Obama's change means reduction in military strength, slowing growth, and increasing size of government.  We need none of these things.<br><br>Second, People saw \"Hope\" with Hitler too.  Don't fall into the trap. \"Hope\" is not a political policy.  \"Hope\" does not run a country.  The problem is that \"Hope\" is just a broad phrase used to describe a thoughtless emotional reaction to simple rhetoric. I can be hopeful that stealing money from people who have earned it and giving it to people who haven't necessarily earned it but that doesn't mean a thing.  He is a fad because people like his novelty: simple rhetoric, affluent black male (more people voting for him because of his race rather than against him), high media coverage, internet phenomenon.  He has all the hallmarks of someone who people follow because they think it's hip. <br><br>Third. Hmmm, 55/43 for white voters and 95/4 for black voters... which one is more lopsided?  Putting (or not putting) a President in office because of his skin color is wrong.  More so, it is silly to say we needed a black president to show that our Country is the land of opportunity, people already know that.<br><br>Lastly, wisdom is something that comes from experience. Experience is something the youth (and Obama ;) ) don't have. Then again, you can throw away anything I say cause I'm 19 anyhow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-22_09:02:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3950232, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3997694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good technique, once you fail to come up with a rebuttal you resort to personal attacks.  Show me a point I had no rebuttal for and I will gladly concede or provide for one.  It's funny that people attack Rush Limbaugh though.  He has done more with a GED than you ever will with a college degree and he has most likely already helped this world FAR more than you ever will.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-24_20:59:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "9690a3c765c0ebf2a8c8e73e1b20decd", "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": 3993051, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "6913057", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": -4194821312723974900}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 3, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 124, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 6913057, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": false, "forum_facebook_key": "", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": false, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 Showing <span id="dsq-num-posts">50</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">124</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan/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/this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan/">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/this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan/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:6913057" 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'				: 'this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan',
			// 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/this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan/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='	+ 'this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan'
			+ '&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='	+ 'this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan'
			+ '&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='		+ 'this_is_what_the_2008_electoral_map_would_look_like_if_the_election_were_decided_by_fill_in_the_blan'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

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

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

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

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/6913057/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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









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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-14906409">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14906409" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14906409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-14906409" href="http://www.aydesign.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">webtasarimi</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-14906409" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14906409" class="dsq-comment-message">And just to think they were all bamboozled, hoodwinked, and in earnest, lied to...hehehe...how\'s that hope n change working for you?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-13341219">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13341219" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13341219" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13341219">wookponub</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13341219" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13341219" class="dsq-comment-message">And just to think they were all bamboozled, hoodwinked, and in earnest, lied to...hehehe...how\'s that hope n change working for you?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-13706533">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13706533" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13706533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13706533">Save</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13706533" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13706533" class="dsq-comment-message">A lot better than "Now stand back and watch this drive."</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-13873599">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13873599" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13873599" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13873599">evan_5</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13873599" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13873599" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re saying the "change" is good? What color is the sky in your world?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7241241">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7241241" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7241241" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7241241">ehutch</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7241241" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7241241" class="dsq-comment-message">one more thing. im tired of hearing some right wingers trying to blame the democrats for this economic downturn. the truth is the republican philosophy of DEREGULATION is what ultimately caused this mess. these regulations were put in place following the GREAT DEPRESSION to ensure it would never happen again. these regulations served its purpose until they began getting stripped away, one by one, by the republican controlled gov\'t.  these regulations, had they still been in place, would have prevented the situation we currently find ourselves in. these are the FACTS.  remember, the democrats had been out of power for many years until recently.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7240781" class="dsq-comment-message">its amazing that some voters who consider the economy to be their  #1 issue decided that JOHN MCCAIN was their man, lol.  maybe they figure PALIN  would solve this economic mess. i hear she can see a bank from her house.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13873643">evan_5</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13873643" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, the economy is sure getting fixed now!!  LMAO  Pretty soon all we will need is our government ID to walk into the government ran grocery store to get our rations.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4620183">gray</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4620183" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks for this, I appreciate the effort.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3999525">mike</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3999525" class="dsq-comment-message">What about a map of just chinese voters?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4008895">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4008895" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you mean Chinese or Asian?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3972628">Joe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3972628" class="dsq-comment-message">interesting. I wonder how it would have gone if both had had equal resources. I like Obama but I can\'t argue that he had a HUGE money advantage.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3969799">Me</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3969799" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m an independent. I voted for Obama. Here\'s why: <br><br>1. McCain wanted to continue to fight in Iraq. That is silly, as the Taliban are based out of Afghanistan currently. <br><br>2. Economics. Granted, the president doesn\'t control the economics of the country directly, but he DOES greatly affect them (vetoing or not vetoing certain bills, how much he designates to be spent on various ventures, etc.)<br><br>3. Environment: Our world is dying. Straight up. This is a verified FACT. (The only ones who are doubting this are those who\'ve been listening to propaganda that was specifically paid for by the oil companies. The vast majority of actual weather & geological scientist are telling us we\'re in big trouble. If you\'ve ever heard of the frog in the pot of boiling water scenario (and if you haven\'t, it goes like this. A frog dropped in a pot of boiling water will jump out immediately. But one in a warm pot where the pot is turned up degree by degree, won\'t jump out, eventually getting boiled alive, because it doesn\'t have the \'jolt\' factor) we are currently in the process of being boiled alive. MORE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST TO GLOBAL WARMING THAN THE WAR IN IRAQ! Heat related deaths have taken out thousands across Europe. The ridiculous strength of the weather that hit Greensburough and New Orleans  are direct results of Global warming. <br><br>4. Oil Dependence is bad. Oil in GENERAL is bad. "Drill baby drill" is NOT a responsible solution to foreign dependence on oil. We have all kinds of alternative energy solutions to oil, but we\'re not using them because oil is so EASY. You know what a monopoly is? It\'s when one thing dominates the market, not giving choice. It may not fit the full political definition, but oil dominates our travel methods. It\'s a monopoly that needs to be broken. The way to get off of foreign oil is to get off of oil overall. (Almost every oil use has a substitute. Electric cars to gas - electric cars are much cheaper in the long run, corn oils instead of crude oils as the basis for plastics - unfortunately a bit more expensive but much cleaner, etc.<br><br>5. What the international community thinks of us IS an important thing. Think about it, if you go around harassing your neighbors, they\'re going to call the cops or deal with you themselves. If a nation goes around harassing other nations, those nations are going to drop alliances with us or their people are going to fly planes into our buildings. If the U.S. is hated, there WILL be consequences. This is about playing nice instead of being the playground bully. As Americans, we should be heroes, not villains.<br><br>6.  Fear. Fear is a plague across America. It\'s one of the safest nations in the world, and we have a population that\'s often paralyzed with fear. What\'s McCain do? He plays on our fears. He makes the epidemic worse. Obama, for the most part, didn\'t play on our fear, despite the fact it can often raise ratings. I respect him for that.<br><br>7. Campaign funding. Yes, Obama had one of the most well-funded campaigns in history. That in itself is an eyebrow raiser. The impressive part is when you look at WHO funded each candidate and where that money came from. Obama\'s campaign money was fully disclosed. Anyone could look and see who was funding him. And OVER 80% was from average Americans donating to him. That funding was raised through effectively the same method as girlscouts selling girlscout cookies. Completely honest. McCain\'s funding? 35% of it was undisclosed (didn\'t know WHO it came from, and he wouldn\'t tell... why?) Only 25% came from average Americans. The vast majority of the rest? Big corporations.<br><br>8. Balancing the wealth. Take money from the rich and give it to the poor? That\'s actually a good idea when the gap between rich and poor is growing out of control. We\'ve reach a system where \'you have to have money to make money\'. This is a BAD thing. A good system is where \'everyone has an equal chance to earn money.\' Most employers do NOT pay the people an equivalent amount for the amount of money they bring in. It is NOT a matter of the rich are getting money stolen from them to give to someone who\'s not working, but taking money back from those (many who gained it via dubious methods) and using it to repair our tattered economy. And the poor having money does a lot for the rich in the long run ANYWAY. As the dollar becomes stronger, the overall value of the rich\'s money increases, even if the listed dollar amount is lower. Everyone wins with a balanced economy, the only drawback for the rich is less prestige & control over poorer people. And as a democracy, we should be about freedom.<br><br>Reasons I hesitated about Obama:<br>1. The space program. The space program is a vital part of not only our country, but the world\'s future. Obama\'s not doing much for it. We\'re on the verge of finally breaking away from being restricted to Earth. As the saying goes, "Land... they\'re not making more of it". We need cheap and easy space travel post haste. We\'re using up resources, we\'re running out of space with overpopulation. The main place where there is more, is up. <br><br>2. The right to bear arms. I am totally against gun control. Why? Because an armed populous serves 3 major uses. One is crime deterrient. It\'s been shown that when a population is armed, crime drops. Why? Because when you give someone cause for self-defense, and you know that person is likely armed, you\'re less likely to commit the crime. Another is that the more powerful the populace, the less likely for another country to invade. (If you have to fight a countries army AND its people, it quickly becomes not worth it). Another is government deterrent. The government can be swayed, controlled, manipulated, etc. If someone ever got \'critical mass\' and took control of the government, an armed population allows chances for rebellion to be more successful. Historically, most nations that have retained freedom for the populates at large almost always had an armed populace.  Yes, there are bonuses to controlling guns, but the benefits for guns outweigh the benefits against them. (Think M.A.D.D. on a more personal level, the same reason most nuclear countries aren\'t bombing the heck out of other nuclear countries.)<br><br>Overall, the democrats had more of the important issues this time around. (Although it was still pretty close. My 3 key issues are: Environment, Space Program and support for evolving our system towards a  Direct Democracy.)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3974376">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974376" class="dsq-comment-message">Your post is not really an argument, more a statement of positions.  I still feel compelled to comment on it though just to clear things up.<br><br>1. Iraq is the main battleground in the war on terror.  Osama himself has said this and many of the enemy combatants over there are terrorists.  Also, abandoning the Iraqis while they are trying to rebuild their government sends a horrible message to any countries in need.<br><br>2. Economy... <a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/taxes/cda08-09.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.heritage.org/Research/taxes/cda08-09...</a><br><br>3. Nothing to say here since you have your mind made up.  Just remember that A) there is no scientific consensus on man-made climate change B) The arbiter of temperature in our solar system is the sun, not gasses that make up less than a percent of our atmosphere.  Personally I think that the whole movement is just a scare tactic so scientists can get more cash from making up studies and the liberals can cash in on selling people inefficient alternative energies.  I mean, the temperature on other planets is going up so I don\'t see why people expect us to be different.<br><br>4. Oil is good.  It is highly efficient and decently plentiful.  Drilling allows us to keep more of our own money.  Personally I\'m looking forward to Nuclear and Hydrogen power but we should use what we have.  Alternative energy sources are wildly inefficient, there is practically no incentive to switch.<br><br>5. People will always hate who is in first place.  Also, other countries do not choose the president and if they want to have a specific candidate then they can suck it. I know that doesn\'t sound like a respectful position but it is SO pretentious for other countries to think they can have a say in who we elect that all I can say to them is suck on my balls.  Seriously, I DO NOT CARE.  There is practically no country with a legit reason to hate us and many with legit reasons to LOVE us. If Europe hates us so much then they should pay back the Marshall Plan (adjusted for inflation).<br><br>6.Fear is necessary.  A nation without fear is foolish and vulnerable.  Obama didn\'t play on fears because he wants people to be as irrational and naive as possible.<br><br>7. I don\'t really understand this point.  McCain took public funds so he couldn\'t get direct contributions to my knowledge.  Just because he brainwashed enough people to donate to his campaign doesn\'t make him a good president.<br><br>8. Stealing money is not a good policy. Beyond that, the rich already pay the majority of the tax burden.  That doesn\'t sound like equality to me.  In this country the pay in jobs go up as the skill level required goes up, and that is as it should be.  If you think that people aren\'t paid enough then make your own company and pay them whatever you want. We already have relative freedom of opportunity, to reward people for not taking the time to learn a trade or profession.  And if you think taking money from the people who run the economy will strengthen it then you are not thinking clearly.<br><br>Other:<br>1. Agree<br><br>2. Agree</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4705002">Jared</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4705002" class="dsq-comment-message">1. It doesn\'t matter what Iraq is NOW, the fact is that the American public was lied to about Iraq. If Osama bin Laden was in Iraq, we should have been told that. Not "Saddam is going to kill us all if we don\'t get him now!" I\'m not really arguing on Iraq though, we need to fix the mess we made ASAP and I don\'t think you will find any sane person who wants to stay there a day longer than we need to. McCain\'s "100 years of war in Iraq" gaffe really dissuaded me from voting for him. The only thing that war generates is the guarantee that our children will grow up to see the same kind of violence.<br><br>2. Even your source claims that the plans are not comparable. Besides the fact that they are BOTH beneficial for the economy, they conveniently ignore the effects of their plans in the long run. Obama\'s progressive plan is aimed at creating more jobs, and getting people off the streets. McCain\'s is focused solely on numbers- with his plan, it doesn\'t matter who is making the money, as long as it is still flowing.<br><br>3. Your ignorance on this subject is astounding. There has been a scientific consensus on the subject for years. The controversy surrounding global warming and the environmental crisis is not a scientific one. Your second point (B) is laughable. The Sun isn\'t the only arbiter of temperature, are you aware of how much energy humans produce? The problem isn\'t that the temperature is raising, it\'s how much the temperature is raising by, and the fact that there is no reason to believe it will ever fluctuate with the infrastructure that we have in place. Please do some more research before making baseless, blatantly false claims like this one. Someone who doesn\'t know better may think you are actually serious.<br><br>4.  Oil is extremely useful, nobody could argue against that. However, it causes a ton of problems, most notably forcing us to maintain diplomacy with countries that harbor terrorists and commit horrible civil rights violations (Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran etc). <br><br>I would like a source that can seriously claim that Hydrogen power/other alternative energy sources are as inefficient as you claim. The reasons for inefficiency are because of limited technology- which is being revamped by the day and can easily be in place within the next decade. Keep in mind that these sources are both 100% renewable, completely safe, beneficial to the environment and can only be improved upon. I would say that those are several pretty strong incentives to switch, and that was after only about 1.5 seconds of thinking of reasons to switch from oil.<br><br>Also, speaking of inefficient, the plans for American offshore drilling are so horrible that I can\'t believe that you\'d suggest them here. Let me quote a SOURCE (<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/20/new_offshore_drilling_not_a_quick_fix_analysts_say/%29:" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008...</a><br><br>"It would take at least a decade for oil companies to obtain permits, procure equipment, and do the exploration necessary to get the oil out of the ground, most industry analysts say. And even then, they add, the amount of new oil produced would probably be too small to significantly affect world oil prices."<br><br>So basically, with the Republican offshore drilling program, we get to waste taxpayer money AND irreparably destroy the environment! How could we argue against that?<br><br>5. "People hate us because we\'re the best" "People hate us because of our freedoms" etc are some of the most blatantly ignorant lines I\'ve ever heard. People don\'t hate us because we\'re free, they hate us because our armies travel the world destroying things, interfering with politics around the globe, we destabilize entire regions of the world and then we force our culture down their throats. Please, refer to the huge amounts of support that the Iraqi shoe-thrower has gotten for more information here. Needless to say, if this is what you really believe then you need to open your eyes.<br><br>6. Fear is not necessary at all. How could you even suggest such a ridiculous concept? Do you think the founding fathers drafted the Constitution because they were scared? You don\'t seem to understand the difference between "fear" and "vigilance". Obama didn\'t play on fears because his campaign managers were smart enough to realize that people were getting sick of Rovian politics, using fear to promote candidates that were obviously unqualified got old to the American people. Fear is divisive, it is only used when one group wants to exercise control over another. Vigilance, on the other hand, unites us all.<br><br>7. Have you ever stopped to think that people who disagree with you may not have been "brainwashed", but might just see a different side of the problem? Your ignorance shines even more brightly here. His point is that McCain wasn\'t open about his campaign, with 35% of his funds from "undisclosed" persons. Whether or not he was doing something shady doesn\'t matter, it just makes you wonder why he chose to hide such an important part of his campaign. Americans are finally starting to get tired of being kept in the dark. If you want to be elected, you should have to answer to the voters. It\'s a simple issue of ethics.  This problem was magnified when Mrs. Palin decided to spend campaign money on $150,000 of expensive clothing, which is more than most American families will make off of 3 years of salary.<br><br>8. It\'s not "stealing money". Obama\'s plan is to slightly increase taxes that ALREADY EXIST, and only for the smallest amount of people. If that is really what you believe, then you can accuse EVERY president of "stealing money" from people, and you can equally accuse McCain of wanting to steal from people. Please stop being so ignorant when making claims. You bring up several good points but they are so clouded with misinformation and bias that it is really difficult to take you seriously.<br><br>Other: <br>1. I also agree that space exploration needs more funding, however given our current situation I think that there are more important issues to take care of.<br><br>2. I also am a 100% advocate of the right to bear arms, I agree.<br><br>I know that this reply is a little late, but I just stumbled upon this article today. I don\'t care if anyone replies, of if you, Andrew, ever sees it. I just wanted to vent and I saw this ignorant, misinformed post and I wanted to right some wrongs :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7242705">Walter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7242705" class="dsq-comment-message">This reply is really late and since Obama has been president for almost 2 months a lot has changed but this is what I think about those 10 things you are arguing about<br><br>1. We can\'t  leave Iraq before our job is done and expect that everything will be fine, and that they won\'t follow us home<br><br>2. I can\'t think of anything to say here<br><br>3. well, i think that there is global warming, but i don\'t think it is our fault, and i think that the government is trying to use this to scare us into changing our lives by buying things that are supposed to help the environment, the world is always changing and there is nothing we can do to stop it\'s natural ups and downs, nature changes the temperature on its own more than we do, global warming is a scam to make the government money.<br><br>4. Oil is useful, there is plenty of oil left, and on our own land too. liberals are trying to save the precious animals by telling us we cant drill in certain places.<br><br>5. I am an American so i don\'t know why people in other countries hate us so much. i do know that China hates us partially because of the stimulus bill, though. If i lived in a different country, i wouldn\'t hate America, and if i did it wouldnt be because we are the best or because our armies are where they need to be. it would be because our values have changed. for instance we are spending so much money on the environment, entertainment,  so called "stimulus", animal protection, stem cell research, abortion, and other things rather than helping other people.<br><br>6. I don\'t understand how this is relavent.<br><br>7. I don\'t know where or how Obama and Mccain got the money they did, but so far w/Obama we spent  over a trillion dollars of borrowed money on a bill that most of Congress did not even read<br><br>8. I believe the Correct term is Socialism<br><br>1. I do not see how this is important<br><br>2. this is really important, they cannot take away our right to bear arms, it is unconstitutional, but that hasn\'t stopped the government on other things <br><br>Also i must comment, why did you keep using the same words: ignorant, Misinformed, etc.? I am sorry this is very late, but i must also add that George Bush had a higher approval rating 2 months into his presidency then Obama has now</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3993051">Rudy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3993051" class="dsq-comment-message">You know at first Andrew I thought you were a mindless conservative drone, I really did. You have shown me however, that you are a crazy conservative nut. You know your facts, kind of, but you pull that crazy right wing BS. You don\'t concede to to points you have no rebuttal to and you use sketchy logic among other things. I guess in the end I don\'t really care to much when it\'s apparent you clearly have an agenda here. But good job, I\'m sure you would make comedian Rush Limbaugh proud.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3997694">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3997694" class="dsq-comment-message">Good technique, once you fail to come up with a rebuttal you resort to personal attacks.  Show me a point I had no rebuttal for and I will gladly concede or provide for one.  It\'s funny that people attack Rush Limbaugh though.  He has done more with a GED than you ever will with a college degree and he has most likely already helped this world FAR more than you ever will.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4705032">Jared</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4705032" class="dsq-comment-message">Youre right, his personal attacks on you are just as irresponsible as the misinformed ignorant post you made. It doesn\'t matter if you have a rebuttal, the point is that your rebuttals were wrong. "I said it in a serious tone with a straight face, so you must take me seriously" is not a valid argument.<br><br>And yeah, why should someone attack Rush Limbaugh? He\'s just a racist homophobic drug addict that happens to have a couple million listeners....it\'s not like he\'s making a negative influence on a huge portion of our population or anything. If that\'s not helping the world, I don\'t know WHAT is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3968623" class="dsq-comment-message">This is pathetic!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3966263">John Doe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3966263" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting how the only McCain won was first.  (Hmmm.  Why would that be?)  That pretty much lost me right there.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3963537" class="dsq-comment-message">Notice something wrong with Oklahoma? It\'s always red....in every category. <br><br>"Self-described political moderates:"?, those Oklahoman sure don\'t know what the political center means.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3967572">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3967572" class="dsq-comment-message">I only notice something right with Oklahoma... it\'s always red.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3952056" class="dsq-comment-message">Ron Paul is making another bid for 2012! He didn\'t make the ticket this past year because the corporatocracy wasn\'t having any of that "We the People" nonsense. But don\'t take my word for it. <br><br><a href="http://www.newser.com/story/36715/paul-delegates-to-convention-go-uncounted.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newser.com/story/36715/paul-delegate...</a><br><br>Are we going to let this happen again? Let\'s keep control of OUR country! Stop letting these grinning politicians filibuster their way into the White House. We all had no choice but to vote for the lesser of two evils this time around. Let Obama make/steal a couple billion, and then his turn is over. 2012 is the year we can have our country back!!!!! RP\'12</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3953140">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3953140" class="dsq-comment-message">If Ron Paul hadn\'t been against the war he might have had a chance to win the nomination... also people were turned off because Ron Paul supporters seemed even crazier than Obama supporters.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3950232">Rudy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3950232" class="dsq-comment-message">Andrew,<br><br>You say "People over 65 tend to vote conservative because they don\'t like things to change cause they realize that the country has worked fine so far." Under the 8 years of republican rule are you doing better? If so, congratulation, must people in this country aren\'t however. You say Obama is a fad, can you clear this up for me, because he is black, because he inspires hope? Back to the change issues you have or believe seniors have. Now I won\'t say liberals have been the only changing force behind Americas great changes, because they haven\'t, but I would suspect that one would have to agree that if this country of ours hadn\'t made drastic changes to our social, religious, and moral values we wouldn\'t be this great nation we are today. I understand though, change is scary, especially if you are doing O.K, but I would go so far as to say it\'s patriotic for Americans to want change and to step out of our comfort zone and make this a better country.<br><br>You are easy to comment and say that "People are blinded by "hope" and "change" when hope has nothing to do with ideologies and the change Obama represents is bad." Can you also explain this, what part of this change do you not agree with? Also may I comment on the "hope" part. In my eyes hope is a big part of politics these days. With so many grim days behind and ahead of us, people need something to hope for, they need a symbol and Mccain couldn\'t do that for 67,842,818 Americans. For some people when a candidate can inspire them, that\'s all it takes. <br><br>On top of the hope and inspiration for many people is was about race, white and black for better or worse. A lot of people voted against Obama because he was black, or they thought he was a terrorist or whatever it was, that is a fact. People also voted because he was black, another fact. However a lot white and people of color did so in part because him getting elected showed that America is a place of real opportunity, we now practice what we preach and that is a miracle in itself. In all honesty I don\'t think Obama would have won if so many things hadn\'t fallen apart from Mccain, which says something when the residing president has a 28% approval rating. History shows when it gets that low in the end of the term the incumbent party loses the election. So either Obama was really bad (which I might add ran one of the best presidential candidacy runs ever), but because of unfavorable conditions toward Mccain he won,  or he overcame peoples fears about race, youth, and change. I guess when it comes down to it, it\'s all debatable, although I would direct you to the white voter map. I know, I know, the black vote is overwhelming democratic, but blacks have always voted at least 80% democrat.<br><br>Before this post gets to long (oops!) I would just like to comment on the youth issue. You know what, I better not, because if you can\'t see that wisdom is not something given with age, but something earned, then you don\'t really care either way.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3953130">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3953130" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll respond to every paragraph in order.<br><br>First, you seem to think that the President is the arbiter of our economy.  He is not.  Look at Clinton\'s Presidency, he had a big economic boon when he did practically nothing for the economy.  He received a boom because of the internet boom. The economy and Presidency are not as intertwined as people think. The main reason for the current economic downturn is the mortgage problem that was forced by Democrats, the spike in oil we had that hurt many many companies, and the reduction in the value in the dollar.  Also, if Bush had stayed with the conservative base it would have reduced the effects of these 3 things but he strayed.  Change, however, is not a positive thing in itself.  The subjectivity of change comes in whether it helps or hurts.  Obama\'s change means reduction in military strength, slowing growth, and increasing size of government.  We need none of these things.<br><br>Second, People saw "Hope" with Hitler too.  Don\'t fall into the trap. "Hope" is not a political policy.  "Hope" does not run a country.  The problem is that "Hope" is just a broad phrase used to describe a thoughtless emotional reaction to simple rhetoric. I can be hopeful that stealing money from people who have earned it and giving it to people who haven\'t necessarily earned it but that doesn\'t mean a thing.  He is a fad because people like his novelty: simple rhetoric, affluent black male (more people voting for him because of his race rather than against him), high media coverage, internet phenomenon.  He has all the hallmarks of someone who people follow because they think it\'s hip. <br><br>Third. Hmmm, 55/43 for white voters and 95/4 for black voters... which one is more lopsided?  Putting (or not putting) a President in office because of his skin color is wrong.  More so, it is silly to say we needed a black president to show that our Country is the land of opportunity, people already know that.<br><br>Lastly, wisdom is something that comes from experience. Experience is something the youth (and Obama ;) ) don\'t have. Then again, you can throw away anything I say cause I\'m 19 anyhow.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3953178" class="dsq-comment-message">Edit: "I can be hopeful that stealing money from people who have earned it and giving it to people who haven\'t necessarily earned it but that doesn\'t mean a thing."<br><br>I haven\'t slept in a while, I need to rewrite this sentence<br><br>I can be hopeful that stealing money from the people who employ the workers of America and giving that money to other people will help the economy but my "Hope" is worthless since logic would say that taking money from my boss would lead him to pay me less anyhow or fire me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3927480">Socrates</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3927480" class="dsq-comment-message">Man! That Andrew guy is a f--ing idiot!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3953148">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3953148" class="dsq-comment-message">Glad to see people can come up with constructive criticism ^_^ It\'s okay if you\'re not smart enough to formulate a competent rebuttal, not everyone can.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3890324">c</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3890324" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey man, how did you do this?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3969036">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3969036" class="dsq-comment-message">I assume he took exit polling data by state</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3890289">Chris P.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3890289" class="dsq-comment-message">Andrew, <br><br>Old people also tend to vote Republican because they grew up in a time when segregation was still practiced in half the country and racist thinking was far more common and acceptable. Old habits die hard. That being said, the Republican Party is in serious trouble because as more and more of these old people die off, they are taking their ideology with them to the graves. Based on the stats, the vast majority of young people are voting democratic...and it\'s not because they are "ignorant" or "uninformed". It\'s because they are earning college degrees more than previous generations.. They are simply more educated and have been introduced to greater amounts of culture and diversity. <br><br>I also want to comment on the South voting so emphatically for John McCain. According to Adam Nossiter\'s November 11, 2008 editorial in the New York Times, less than 1/3 of Southern whites voted for Obama, whereas 43 percent of whites voted for Obama nationally. 9/10 of all whites in the state of Alabama voted for McCain. 60% of whites in Kentucky who voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary, voted for John McCain during the general election. Amazingly, in some Southern areas, people supported McCain more than they did Bush four years earlier, even though Bush is more conservative than McCain. <br><br>Andrew, how do you explain this? It\'s race. The South was, still is, and always will be a separate, racist entity filled with beer-drinking, deer-hunting, uneducated, poor white trash.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3893496" class="dsq-comment-message">Lets see... how to refute this... hmmm... here it goes<br><br>They grew up in a time when segregation was still practiced and was a big part of the DEMOCRATIC party.  Now, to be fair, the southern democratic party was socially conservative at that time and does not align fully with the current Democratic party but the point still stands; the Republican party HAS NEVER BEEN FOR SEGREGATION. So to say that old people are overwhelmingly segregationist is a stretch, so say that is why they vote Republican is BEYOND ridiculous.<br><br>Now, about the youth.  The young generally vote Democratic because they are less wise, many are uninformed, and ALL of them have been subject to the biased media and school systems (the young are notorious for being easy to brainwash).  Beyond that, a college degree does little to make you knowledgeable about politics or political ideas (knowing how to derive functions or write a sentence without grammatical errors does not help you know whether or not abortion is wrong).  As people age they move more to the right, it\'s history.<br><br>About the whole "1/3 of Southern Whites voted for Obama". Ever heard of the "Red South"?  The South usually votes majority Republican, you are not revealing anything new.  If you actually look at exit polls then you will see that people who said race was a factor in their vote placed their vote for Obama the majority of the time (53% to 45%).  This shows that his skin color HELPED him more than hurt him so if anything then the country is more racist against whites than blacks. I\'d be more worried about prejudice against the elderly (as you might have shown yourself) since nearly twice as many people said that was a factor in their vote and 66% of those voted for Obama.<br><br>If you wish to generalize by geography then should we say the North and West are all brainwashed hippie elitists.  I know that\'s not true however, since there were some votes for McCain in both the North AND the West ;)<br><br>Seriously though, in the end the Democratic platform has more mentions of race than a KKK mission statement.  The Republican platform (as far as I\'ve seen so far) is devoid of any mention of race, and that is as it should be.  The government should not see skin color at all.  I find the Democratic platform to be offensive in their inclusion of race in their policies and the Republican platform is by far the least racist of the two.<br><br>Regardless of all of this, I thank you for using good sentence structure and grammar in your argument and actually including statistics to try and support your argument.  I respect your opinion except for the last paragraph.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4705114">Jared</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4705114" class="dsq-comment-message">Your understanding of history here is lacking. In the times of segregation, the ideologies of the democrats and republicans were basically reversed. The only thing that is similar about democrats now and democrats 75 years ago is the name. This is especially true when you go back further, to the Whigs and even to the Democratic-Republican parties. If we\'re going to start labelling people based on what their ancestors did, this whole country is in a lot of trouble.<br><br>That was the only thing I noticed here though, I actually agree with your main point. Race shouldn\'t matter. The only reason race is a factor at ALL is because of the irresponsible mainstream media on both sides of the party lines.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3973242" class="dsq-comment-message">I think I\'m gonna start an Andrew fan club. :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3974387" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanx ^_^</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3913880">uwstout</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913880" class="dsq-comment-message">yo dude I don\'t know how you can call the young uneducated and brainwashed. Are you saying the educational system you set up sucked ballz? The truth is the computer era has brought on a new way of thinking. People no longer are smart for knowing tons of facts, since they can be found at anytime. The real brain power comes in the form of thought. To be able to take in both sides, hear what they have to say, and then use logic and reasoning to come to your conclusion. The old grew up in a time when trust was a big factor. They still believe what they see and hear in the media. The youth just know that you can\'t believe what you hear. We are in a constant search of truth.  We need facts to base an opinion off. I watched John McCain straight up lie in the presidential debates. Obama voted against this 49billion times, look at the record. Like ok im looking at the record and not seeing it. Idk about you but a man who lies his way into office seems like he would be more opt to oil lobbists. Money and the power, never enough. And I am currently in college, so i guess I\'m brainwashed by all my hippie teachers. Or maybe I\'m just not a selfish old prick who doesn\'t give a shit about the environment or the future of the world as long as that no good Arab terrorist, president elect Obama doesn\'t take any of my money.  Its like people are so obsessed with their own status they are unwilling to share money for the things we all use. <br><br>"…blamed the voracious American pursuit of private consumption and the engines of corporate advertising that fed it for neglecting “social consumption”—the roads, schools, hospitals, and other infrastructure needed for a humane society. " <br><br>And forget about abortions, everyone. How can the religious vote Republican based strictly on abortion. It is the only issue they seem to care about. What about helping out the poor. Or did they just not try as hard growing up. Give it up, the inequality is outrageous is the public school system. woops class is over gotta go roast my tries, whhhhoa</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919603">Andrew</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919603" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t set up any education system.  I can\'t think of any person who did.  It\'s teachers and the media that brainwash our children as they grow up.  Beyond that, show me where McCain lied during the debates and I can show you where Obama lied.  That\'s what politicians do.<br><br>You don\'t seem to understand that conservatives care as much if not more about the poor than liberals.  We, however, are not willing to steal other people\'s money to give to the poor.  Conservatives favor charitable donation over stealing money that doesn\'t belong to you from other people.  I can\'t see someone who votes liberal really saying they care about the poor cause it\'s not like THEY are giving any money to the poor, just the rich people.<br><br>Why would people "forget" about abortions?  If someone was going around shooting people in the head every hour unchecked I wouldn\'t say "forget that murderer who we refuse to imprison".  No caring human being is going to "forget" about the unjust murder of countless children.<br><br>Also, I haven\'t seen any comprehensive plan by Obama to improve inequality in the schooling system while the Republican platform supports the highly efficient voucher system.<br><br>In the end, the only people who can be considered selfish in this election are the ones who voted for Obama because they are banking that the rich will pay for the poor and they themselves (the voter) will have to pay nothing and maybe even make more.  Not to mention that McCain\'s plan has shown that it would increase growth by twice the amount of Obama\'s plan in practically all sectors. <br><a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/cda08-09.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/cda08-09...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4705330">Jared</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4705330" class="dsq-comment-message">oh and sorry to reply twice to the same comment, but I missed your misrepresentation of abortion. It\'s not the same as shooting people, because when you murder someone they are ALIVE first. There is no scientific reason to believe that a fetus is capable of life, it is a parasite by definition and unable to sustain itself until late into the pregnancy. Just because a fetus CAN be a child, doesnt mean that it IS a child.<br><br>Fetuses aren\'t children, they are fetuses. The sooner you can make that distinction, the sooner you can hold an informed opinion on the matter. I am a perfectly caring human being and I know the difference between murder and abortion.<br><br>I am personally of the belief that if you are not a pregnant woman, you don\'t deserve an opinion on abortion.<br><br>Also, this isn\'t anything against Andrew although it probably applies...but how can you be both pro-life AND pro-war? Are you also pro-death penalty? The entire pro-life side of the Republican party is illogical....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4705215">Jared</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4705215" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, the issues with the voucher system is that they cause huge class divisions. Poor people can not get as good an education as rich people under the system, and that only makes it that much harder for them to get a job later on and pay for their children\'s vouchers. It\'s not so much about making the poor poorer as it is about making the rich richer. Basically, under that kind of system you would have to have money already to make more money (which is obviously unfair to most people).<br><br>And again, you demonstrate that you have no knowledge of how taxation actually works. It\'s not like "rich people, find some hobos and give them money or else you go to jail". Rich people are giving money to EVERYBODY, including themselves, to pay for services that EVERYBODY, including themselves, takes advantage of. Social Security, medicare, roads, schools, etc. The list goes on. How is it fair to force someone making $10,000 a year to foot society\'s bill, people who are so poor that they have to choose between paying taxes and eating, when Joe the CEO is making $300 million for driving the economy into the ground would have no issues putting in his share? Your ideology doesn\'t make sense morally or economically.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3927456">uwstout</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3927456" class="dsq-comment-message">yea i was kind of referring to you as in the living old. Obviously your views are deeply embedded in your head and anyone with that corrupt of a point of view can turn any comment on any person. I care about the poor, I just don\'t want to know about them, I\'m a douche. I care about the earth, i just want to drill more oil, I\'m a douche. Ive got 50 rooms in my house I haven\'t entered in years, but I\'m to douchey to pay taxes. Instead I\'ll use my money to lobby the president so he can set up a loophole to commemorate the dinosaurs, so I can pay less in taxes. I have one room in my house without a 50" flat screen, what if guests come? I can\'t be paying taxes I\'m a douche. I don\'t even know why I\'m typing anymore cause I\'m sure you\'ll just claim things you don\'t really believe in like a total douche Republican. Im sure if I shot you in the head no one would care as long as your parents douche views on politics died along with you. McCain\'s plan is going to make more money, or wait his plan is to freeze all spending, well maybe that would make more money, I\'m not really sure. Lets cut spending on education, fucking brilliant. I\'m sure the Japanese won\'t pull to much further ahead than us in schooling. I mean i have better things to do, like eat unborn fetus\'.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3931942" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3931942" class="dsq-comment-message">Seriously uwstout? You have managed to put forth the most, idiotic, meaningless, crass response to what has so far been a seemingly fair, two sided debate. You have taken to to the level of what I believe a nine-year-old would do. Take everything and add a funny word (douche) you found it so useful you plagued your response with it. Everything you said in the previous statement only goes to further Andrew\'s cause. You make yourself look like an idiot and put a burden on those who may share your ideals to make a serious response that will carry weight in a debate. Having to apologize for the idiots who share our view can be what leads to the downfalls... kind of like the stereotypes going around. I may not agree with everything Andrew has to say, but I believe he has put forth an effort to intelligently show his side of things. You sir, are a joke. Please do not post anything else unless you have seriously thought about what it is you are saying.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3934767">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3934767" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3934767" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3934767">Andrew</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3934767" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3934767" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you ORLY, it is nice to see someone who can go about a debate with class instead of mindlessly spouting off inane comments.  You have shown the kind of levelheaded respect for thoughtful debate that entitles you to a good amount of respect yourself.<br><br>Honestly, I cannot make any sense out of uwstout\'s comment.  Are you just saying rich people suck or what?  It seems like your method of argument is making ridiculous comments then in order to stifle any rebuttal from me you say that I\'m a douche Republican and you don\'t care about my opinion.  Btw, show me where McCain said he was going to strip education spending.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3893523">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3893523" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3893523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3893523">Andrew</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3893523" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3893523" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yea, forgot, all exit poll statistics I used were pulled from the CNN website. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#val=USP00p6" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3892011">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3892011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3892011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3892011">Mike</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3892011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3892011" class="dsq-comment-message">i agree, but you blow it at the end with making a blanket attack on the South.  I hate them too, but it just ruins your point to call them white trash (even tho they are).  oh well.  he won, so the racists will just have to eat it.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3850700">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3850700" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3850700" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3850700">jhgjgh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3850700" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3850700" class="dsq-comment-message">You forgot Blacks.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3867318">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3867318" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3867318" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3867318">I pay attention</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3867318" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3867318" class="dsq-comment-message">No, if you look at the white voter data, he put that "black voters would be a sea of blue"</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3843482">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3843482" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3843482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3843482">Momma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3843482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3843482" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow BUSHwhacker... you know why I disagreed with Obama? Independents must vote Democratic? Doesn\'t that kind of negate the purpose of having an Independent party? Shut up. You have no idea why I agreed with McCain more than Obama.<br>I never said that I have a problem with Obama winning. I just hope he can accomplish all he has said he will. The world needs it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3844800">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3844800" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3844800" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3844800">No One Owns Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3844800" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3844800" class="dsq-comment-message">Newsflash: there\'s no such thing as an Independent Party.  There are simply lots of  unaffiliated voters, people who are willing to let other people, those who embrace  the principles of a particular political party, decide for them who the candidates are going to be in any given election.</div>\
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	 </li>\
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