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His uncontrolled rage and frequent repetitions of his POW experience are two symtoms of PTSD. <br><br>Personally, I know Vietnam Vets who still suffer from PTSD and are not very good in high stress situations, often getting angry and just reactng, rather than being capable in the face of distress.<br><br>What do you think about the idea that Sen McCain suffers from untreated PTSD?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_16:54:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "008155032b108d09176656f1d1795c27", "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}, "2504963": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't believe that people still hold on to these beliefs, let alone say them out loud.  How disgusting.  For what it's worth, I'm a 30 year old white woman, PROUDLY voting for Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_23:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "dd8c9f8f6e2505937b17464c5cd0d5c9", "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": 2453290, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3267076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know that there are a lot of people out there who just despise obama and won't vote for him because of that, i just want you to take a few minutes and read this article because your vote does count whether he is ahead in the polls or not.<br><a href=\"http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0%2C8599%2C1853025-1%2C00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-23_22:23:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c9de12344199b74a6bae77e816a7a2be", "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}, "2452230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain is not pro-vet, he is only pro-McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_06:29:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "53f07707f2a8e1783cf753dd57bd7e30", "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}, "3130254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wouldn\u2019t vote for Senator McCain for all the tea in China. He is a fraud, flip-flopper and a liar.   People talk about him being a hero, my definition of a hero is the wife that stays home a take care of the kids, bill payer, disciplinary and holding the family together while soldiers are their job.  Someone that is willing to throw him/herself on a grenade to save their comrades or will continue fight no matter what the situation is to protect their country ideals or buddies.  That is my definition of a true hero.  McCain cheated on his wife with more than one woman and admitted it and left his wife when she was sickly and needed him the most. To me that is lower than whale crap.  He voted against veteran benefits on many occasions just to go along with the administration policies, but what is just right.  McCain was heavily involved in the Keating 5.  Saying you are a veteran and being a true veteran is two different things.  I severed this country for 42 and 10 months and lose blood for this country and would be proud to do so again if asked, but not for someone that will through their fellow comrades to the wolves just to prove his own political agenda.   Plus if he can\u2019t organize his own campaign how can you organize the country to lead it in the right direction.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-17_11:40:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "a918b099a13154b250fcf6d10bb6410a", "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}, "2542223": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, there's more--interestingly, most of the media seems totally uninterested. Read it and weep (literally and figuratively), McCain-ites...He's sold everyone else; he'll be happy to sell you right down the river too.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/schanberg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/schanberg</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-23_11:28:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c778577633c94b206961a6b6de93b32b", "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}, "2446865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I recommend people go to this site to see how first mccain lie to a fellow veteran at a townhall who criticizes mccain's record, and then this site list McCain's horrible accomplishments<br><a href=\"http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/mccain-lies-about-his-voting-record-for-veterans/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/mccain-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_16:47:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc8e6fb87928d9e00d05424dbc7dcb37", "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}, "2506030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So McCain is going to veto all all the earmark legislation?  Does that include the farm bills and all the BibleBelt state welfare queen bills.  What about corporate welfare programs, like the one giving tax breaks to the oil industry?<br><br>If so, be prepared for a lot of Republican whining.  More likely, just another lie.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-21_05:03:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "b2053ca687cfb129b402fb5688a6ac43", "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}, "2450589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_23:24:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "c7cea22e6549acaf4161f9d0cef56743", "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}, "2447138": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Do your research people on the issues important to you and your family.  Check each candidates voting records on the issues you feel are important to you. <br>Republican/Veteran for Obama/Biden", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_17:06:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "0c0b650ae0de700fbab09f5deed627e4", "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}, "2447133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain and the POW Cover-up ...<br>The \"war hero\" candidate buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_17:05:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "58d501685f094f034b3aed6d406b0086", "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}, "2505768": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JUST TEN of the 100s of REASONS<br>NOT TO SUPPORT MCCAIN<br><br>(1) McCain gave military secrets to the Viet Cong. Which he admitted to in his own book.<br><br>(2) McCain made radio announcements for the Viet Cong telling American sailors and soldiers not to fight and to give up.<br><br>(3) McCain cheated on his wife with more than one woman and admitted it.<br><br>(4) McCain left his wife when she was sickly and needed him most.<br><br>(5)McCain repeatedly mistreated the POW-MIAs\u2019 wives and families and activists on many occasions.<br><br>(6) McCain did all he could to normalize US-VIET NAM Relations in opposition to most US veterans groups.<br><br>(7) McCain signed that death warrant for any and all living US POW-MIAs in VIET NAM by normalizing relations.<br><br>(8) McCain was heavily involved in the Keating 5.<br><br>(9) McCain did nothing about Clinton\u2019s Treason of selling NUKES to the Chinese for ten million in illegal Communist Chinese Campaign money... Even though he was in the unique position to do something about it as the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.<br><br>(10) McCain\u2019s so-called \u201cCampaign Finance Reform\u201d Bill is totally unconstitutional and would stop free speech..... even religious speech!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-21_03:12:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "a39cbee7942bac55b5144a3b39fe7261", "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}, "2453290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Forgive my language, but I'm needing to quote what I hear at VFWs and Legion posts across southwestern Pennsylvania.<br><br>The consensus here is \"I'm not voting for that n!gger.\"<br><br>So at least in this swing state, expect ignorant racism to prevail and usher in four more years of abject neglect to our brave veterans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_10:31:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "8338477b6fe737e96b4d0dcdbabac06e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3088942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "According to the DSM-VI, MCCain DOES show all classic signs and symptoms of PTSD, dementia, depression and a few other cognitive disfunctions. Meds and LOTS of counseling are in order, not the presidency. As a peace-time vet, I find that getting into the VA a nightmare, and I have seen how the VA is now treating VietNam era vets (like 2nd and 3rd class citizens)... I think that maybe it's time for Mr. McCain to avail himself of the system that he's helped to create. But then, I also think that ALL members of Congress and the Senate should spend a year living on Welfare and ONLY Welfare...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-16_10:38:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "acfa3199a9f3106b2a6764b15daeb694", "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": 2453282, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2447151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "THIS is the article I've been waiting for.     No one can call McCain out on his voting record like the Veterans groups themselves.      Of course the Obama campaign has all of this information, but perhaps they trusted the best of the best to bring the information forth.   And, so once again, I'm very proud of you and shall always be!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_17:07:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "b3f5a538fc88f9e4b9bfc3bc4af8dd4e", "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}, "2505778": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Like McCain I have a 100% disability for PTSD and it's clear to me this guy needs to be put out to pasture NOW.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-21_03:15:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "878ac537a728152a55d1b387e2faa2ba", "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}, "2521011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\u201cSen. McCain repeatedly uses the phrase \u2018wounds of war,\u2019\u201d Sullivan said, noting that 20 percent of the women deployed overseas report being sexually assaulted or harassed. \u201cWould John McCain argue that a service member who was raped should not receive VA care?\u201d<br><br>Probably, but he would DEFINITELY follow that up with a tasteless joke about a woman who was repeatedly raped and beaten by a gorilla asking, \"where is that magnificent ape?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-22_11:50:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "5911aaaeb2675a55e77214c95e06485c", "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}, "2447288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For McCain's views on vetrans and POW's one should read this: <a href=\"http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_17:16:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "94d986be574e1ca23f7cb7650a9fd777", "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}, "2538425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dear Washington Independent. Why don't you write about how John McCain, the self-named war hero, left behind about 600 of his fellow soldiers in Vietnam? I understand that people break under torture and so he accepted to leave beforehand, and this is ok. I understand he is ashamed of that, but there is no need. Only, now comes the big question: what was he doing  AFTER he came back to America? Did he give all his energy and might to fight for his brothers to come back? No! And for this there is no excuse at all. No excuse. Because he did EVERYTHING to BURY EVIDENCE THAT SOME WERE LEFT BEHIND, in spite of thousands of clear signs. See <a href=\"http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182</a>...<br>And if anyone, for example the family members of missed ones questioned him directly about this he just got an anger fit and \tAVOIDED TO REPLY.<br>How come? Where is the care for his fellow soldiers in such moments? What is going on here? <br>And do you know what: This should be the main subject in all the media right now! America threatens to choose 2 criminals for President and Vice President. One beginner and one long-timer. Media: wake up! People: wake up and make the media comment on what REALLY matters.<br>Check also <a href=\"http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.org</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-23_03:04:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "b13116f20cd14479b95304fed4bcc8be", "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}, "2444349": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now that we've got a candidate who actually gives a sh**, where are the Veterans?  Time to rise up and show some REAL support for the men and women left behind.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_14:04:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "6a1a7e4f677e1e1e735a130b0a47ea23", "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}, "2514371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A quick check of their records will clear that up. These are just old senile white guys who think since he was in the military he gives a sh!t.<br><br>If his military voting record doesnt come up in the debates and if Obama doesnt attack him on it I'm gonna be p!ssed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-22_00:35:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "155b647bff29f0683ab28d3c9b3f020b", "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}, "2452294": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My sister is a psychiatrist and recently said the same thing. She feels strongly that McCain shows signs of untreated PTSD and early signs of dementia (possibly Alzheimer's). My brother is a Viet Nam vet, clearly with PTSD, who would never consider getting treatment for it. He is very intelligent, otherwise, but has an extremely explosive temper. He was only in Nam for a year and didn't have the added POW experience like McCain.<br><br>I really don't feel that McCain is fit to serve as president. These are valid reasons for DEMANDING full disclosure of his medical records!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_06:55:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "b4cc9e5be3ac7c30d4ef8706d71b71a1", "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": 2446977, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9729481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mr. McCain, when are you to stand up, show you have backbone and begin questioning the issues and policies being thrust upon us the citizen.<br>It seems you are sitting on your hands and are cowering from the resident of the White House.<br>You are not the Senator we have known in the past....................................", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-21_10:57:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "5c4e18f689b7bdb917647ca49d7d46b5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "2512971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's lying , John McCain has been so cruel and intolerant to help with the missing MIA's and  POW's.  I't's clear, John McCain wants only one hero in his life....'himself'  I don't know why he has done that and then mentions the soldiers in Iraq as brave. ....but benefits forget about.  I dislike this man so much.  He is a complete and utter liar and gutter rat.  It's too bad he was one that came home, he doesn't deserve anyone's respect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-21_21:46:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "7f9d19a05cedafaf1329bacc27da74e4", "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}, "2455244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope every veteran who has written a response to this article has also taken the time to write a letter to their local newspaper. Please speak up. For somehow who likes to claim he'd make a better commander-in-chief, the choice of Sarah Palin is as alarming as it is irresponsible.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_14:51:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "clover2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2449741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am a vet who just graduated last May thanks to the GI Bill.  It just burns me up to know that McCain would not even have the nerve to vote for the 21st Century GI Bill.  The only thing left to honor is his service.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_21:27:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "a3e993b7e1a8cbf7b63a64ad4c2930d4", "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}, "2755665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John McCain dumped his first wife, who was severely injured in an auto accident while McCain was a POW, and pursued an affair with current wife Cindy while still married to his first wife.  Moreover, he was still on active duty in the Navy while he had the adulterous affair.  Adultery is a violation of Article 134, UCMJ.  Any of us soldiers would have been court-martialed, but the Admiral's son got away with it.  McCain is not only ant-vet but also anti-family values.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-30_15:51:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "ff0602b08c08a93f9379d80d40dccd75", "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}, "2505684": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Nigger\"!!  That disparaging word shows the racism  you possess goes back to at least sixty years.  How can someone live so long with so much hate.  You soul must be tormented.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-21_02:43:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "8e7ee4d4ecc1060ad1892b0f261465cf", "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": 2453290, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2447575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm a vet.  EARLY 70's. <br><br>i can't stand this guy (Mc Cain) and in no way do i trust him.  <br><br>He's been an Admiral's kid all along, and hasn't had a paycheck that wasn't cut by the govt. in his whole life, and he's 72!  that's hard to do-go your whole life on the govt dime!<br><br>i just don't trust him. he says one thing... does another.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_17:39:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "a208db87c7f3d45804366d191414c3f6", "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}, "2453208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "john mccain took care of himself with a 60.000 disability, he come home with his arms and legs but he always votes against or to lower payments for our brothers and sisters comeing home from iraq missing there arms and legs missing .I have little support for mccain most vets do not want to talk about the hoores of war, but mcshame does it makes me wonder about all the stories he tells.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_10:18:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "17a2edcaf06f1bc799c299ef4ae3acaa", "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}, "2452954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe Wes Clark and Anthony Zinni and other military leaders who support Sen. Obama can be sent out onto the hustings in an effort  to cut into McCain's lead in the polls among rank-and-file veterans who apparently still buy his tough talk, even though McCain continues to say contradictory things, each time with the very same tone and with the very same conviction.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_09:35:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed76bc4e292889cad61dd028211615c0", "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}, "2510437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I would advise undecided vets to go check out the website of VoteVets -- or go to <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.youtube.com</a> and search for VoteVets. These guys are smart, they are paying close attention to politics, and they are the voice of veterans today. They're a great organization and have done a lot of good work.<br><br>Any vet who supports John McCain or the Republicans is simply not paying attention - vets voting Republican are voting against their own interests!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-21_16:14:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Army_vet_in_Germany", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2454759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "McCain Says One Thing and THEN Votes The Opposite!  When you hear McCain talk, think -- Wizard of Oz.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/09/20/john_mccain_environment/?source=newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/09/20/joh...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_13:49:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "bacalove", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2526515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "wake up you vets,if you think he is on your side.his records on veterans issues is by far the worst .he is what i call a ceo vet,that is a vet ,that while still in the military  follows the motto that you never leave on the battle field but forgets to carry that motto   into civilian life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-22_18:54:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d2e780c205f3d66bc32477eee0188af", "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}, "2446698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I sure don't understand why any veteran would support mccain - he certainly is not supporting us!!  Wake up, America!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-19_16:34:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "a45adf7f7e621029ddc946699f91ae28", "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}, "2450924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am a 100% disabled veteran, war veteran and Ranger course graduate and there is no way I would ever cast my ballot for john McCain.  He is a talker not a doer.  Someone that demands respect rather than commands it.  Someone that creates a personal dynamic rather than being dynamic.  John McCain's so called commitment to the disabled veterans of America is pure artifice.  i have borne witness to the care provided by the VA under republican governance and as a retiree from the US justice Department's Bureau of Prisons I can attest that convicted felons in federal prison receive a higher standard of care than our disabled veteran population does.  That is a little straight talk on republican's promises of caring for our veterans for you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_00:20:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "paul94611", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "2452333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I also don't understand why any veteran would vote for McCain. That said, how do we reach veterans like the one in this video, who clearly do no know of McCains voting record on issues affecting them? Is there a veteran's organization that can get the truth about McCain to these vets, before election day?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_07:08:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "b4cc9e5be3ac7c30d4ef8706d71b71a1", "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}, "2452852": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know that mccain was shot down in nam and spent time as a pow.<br>Fact is, he wasn't the only one that spent time as a pow.<br>He wasn't the only one that was shot down.<br>He was really fortunate.<br>a lot of guys did not return from nam, except in body bags.<br>A lot of guys have never been found, MIA's<br><br>So, what makes mccain special   Nothing I see.<br>He is no more special than anyone else that went to nam.<br>He is different than most that returned tho, he uses his experience for political and personal gain.  The rest of us don't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_09:16:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "c87fc6eb2422169c7913effb8ea13da0", "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}, "2453282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Continually repeats stories and/or asks the same questions over and over -- Makes up stories to fill gaps -- Behavioral symptoms common,  mood changes, irritability or emotional agitation -- Deficits in intellect and reasoning -- Signs of memory loss and language difficulties -- Physical coordination problems and physical confusion, changes in gait. <br>Watch the man carefully. These are all, very often, symptomatic of senile dementia and his appearance and behavior over the past few months have been very telling. Those who arranged his questionable nomination in the primaries have known of his condition and they're also the same folks who arranged Sarah Palin's selection as his vice. John McCain had nothing to do with her choice. <br>Regardless of what you think of this man's past, you really need to examine his present behavior. He reminds me all too much of Reagan during his second term, and with the choice of Sarah Palin as his backup, I do fear very much for our country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-20_10:30:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "4a3492bc9df14ac4b1d5bbff87a42a78", "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}, "2521086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lighten up larry and read trippin's post again, slowly.  Did that clear it up for you?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-09-22_11:57:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "5911aaaeb2675a55e77214c95e06485c", "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": 2505684, "depth": 2, "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": "4765649", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": 4685459713101355674}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 40, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 40, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 4765649, "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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	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

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

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

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return params;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	};

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

};
// Dsq.Utils

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

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

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

		header = title;
		body = message;

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

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	};

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

		popup.style.display = 'block';

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			return ret;
		};
	};

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

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

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

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


			//

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 Showing <span id="dsq-num-posts">40</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">40</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record/">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/veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record/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:4765649" 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'				: 'veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record',
			// 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/veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record/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='	+ 'veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record'
			+ '&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='	+ 'veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record'
			+ '&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='		+ 'veterans_groups_question_mccain_voting_record'
				+ '&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/4765649/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-2444349">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2444349" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2444349" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2444349">Pensacola</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2444349" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2444349" class="dsq-comment-message">Now that we\'ve got a candidate who actually gives a sh**, where are the Veterans?  Time to rise up and show some REAL support for the men and women left behind.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2446698">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2446698" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2446698" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2446698">daveincolorado</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2446698" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2446698" class="dsq-comment-message">I sure don\'t understand why any veteran would support mccain - he certainly is not supporting us!!  Wake up, America!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-2446865">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2446865" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2446865" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2446865">fderk</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2446865" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2446865" class="dsq-comment-message">I recommend people go to this site to see how first mccain lie to a fellow veteran at a townhall who criticizes mccain\'s record, and then this site list McCain\'s horrible accomplishments<br><a href="http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/mccain-lies-about-his-voting-record-for-veterans/" rel="nofollow">http://sensico.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/mccain-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2446977" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2446977" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2446977">gcw</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2446977" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2446977" class="dsq-comment-message">Psychologists I know suggest that Sen. McCain is showing signs of untreated PTSD. His uncontrolled rage and frequent repetitions of his POW experience are two symtoms of PTSD. <br><br>Personally, I know Vietnam Vets who still suffer from PTSD and are not very good in high stress situations, often getting angry and just reactng, rather than being capable in the face of distress.<br><br>What do you think about the idea that Sen McCain suffers from untreated PTSD?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2452294" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2452294" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2452294">rcwblessed</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2452294" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2452294" class="dsq-comment-message">My sister is a psychiatrist and recently said the same thing. She feels strongly that McCain shows signs of untreated PTSD and early signs of dementia (possibly Alzheimer\'s). My brother is a Viet Nam vet, clearly with PTSD, who would never consider getting treatment for it. He is very intelligent, otherwise, but has an extremely explosive temper. He was only in Nam for a year and didn\'t have the added POW experience like McCain.<br><br>I really don\'t feel that McCain is fit to serve as president. These are valid reasons for DEMANDING full disclosure of his medical records!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2447133" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2447133" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-2447133" href="http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">palintology</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2447133" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2447133" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain and the POW Cover-up ...<br>The "war hero" candidate buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam<br><br><a href="http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2447138" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2447138" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2447138">USMCVet</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2447138" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2447138" class="dsq-comment-message">Do your research people on the issues important to you and your family.  Check each candidates voting records on the issues you feel are important to you. <br>Republican/Veteran for Obama/Biden</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2447151">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2447151" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2447151" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2447151">barbara miller</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2447151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2447151" class="dsq-comment-message">THIS is the article I\'ve been waiting for.     No one can call McCain out on his voting record like the Veterans groups themselves.      Of course the Obama campaign has all of this information, but perhaps they trusted the best of the best to bring the information forth.   And, so once again, I\'m very proud of you and shall always be!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2447288" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2447288" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2447288">Galen M. Ozawa</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2447288" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2447288" class="dsq-comment-message">For McCain\'s views on vetrans and POW\'s one should read this: <a href="http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2447575">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2447575" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2447575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2447575">john-two tours</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2447575" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2447575" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m a vet.  EARLY 70\'s. <br><br>i can\'t stand this guy (Mc Cain) and in no way do i trust him.  <br><br>He\'s been an Admiral\'s kid all along, and hasn\'t had a paycheck that wasn\'t cut by the govt. in his whole life, and he\'s 72!  that\'s hard to do-go your whole life on the govt dime!<br><br>i just don\'t trust him. he says one thing... does another.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2449741" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2449741" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2449741">Monarchland</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2449741" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2449741" class="dsq-comment-message">I am a vet who just graduated last May thanks to the GI Bill.  It just burns me up to know that McCain would not even have the nerve to vote for the 21st Century GI Bill.  The only thing left to honor is his service.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2450589" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2450589">Jules</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2450589" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2450589" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2450924">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2450924" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2450924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2450924">paul94611</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2450924" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2450924" class="dsq-comment-message">I am a 100% disabled veteran, war veteran and Ranger course graduate and there is no way I would ever cast my ballot for john McCain.  He is a talker not a doer.  Someone that demands respect rather than commands it.  Someone that creates a personal dynamic rather than being dynamic.  John McCain\'s so called commitment to the disabled veterans of America is pure artifice.  i have borne witness to the care provided by the VA under republican governance and as a retiree from the US justice Department\'s Bureau of Prisons I can attest that convicted felons in federal prison receive a higher standard of care than our disabled veteran population does.  That is a little straight talk on republican\'s promises of caring for our veterans for you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2452230" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2452230" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2452230">rich</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2452230" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2452230" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain is not pro-vet, he is only pro-McCain.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2452333" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2452333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2452333">rcwblessed</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2452333" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2452333" class="dsq-comment-message">I also don\'t understand why any veteran would vote for McCain. That said, how do we reach veterans like the one in this video, who clearly do no know of McCains voting record on issues affecting them? Is there a veteran\'s organization that can get the truth about McCain to these vets, before election day?<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2452852">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2452852" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2452852" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2452852">E Z Rider</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2452852" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2452852" class="dsq-comment-message">I know that mccain was shot down in nam and spent time as a pow.<br>Fact is, he wasn\'t the only one that spent time as a pow.<br>He wasn\'t the only one that was shot down.<br>He was really fortunate.<br>a lot of guys did not return from nam, except in body bags.<br>A lot of guys have never been found, MIA\'s<br><br>So, what makes mccain special   Nothing I see.<br>He is no more special than anyone else that went to nam.<br>He is different than most that returned tho, he uses his experience for political and personal gain.  The rest of us don\'t.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2452954" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2452954" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2452954">Paul Theis</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2452954" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2452954" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe Wes Clark and Anthony Zinni and other military leaders who support Sen. Obama can be sent out onto the hustings in an effort  to cut into McCain\'s lead in the polls among rank-and-file veterans who apparently still buy his tough talk, even though McCain continues to say contradictory things, each time with the very same tone and with the very same conviction.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2453208" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2453208" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2453208">pops</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2453208" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2453208" class="dsq-comment-message">john mccain took care of himself with a 60.000 disability, he come home with his arms and legs but he always votes against or to lower payments for our brothers and sisters comeing home from iraq missing there arms and legs missing .I have little support for mccain most vets do not want to talk about the hoores of war, but mcshame does it makes me wonder about all the stories he tells.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2453282" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2453282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2453282">Leonard</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2453282" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2453282" class="dsq-comment-message">Continually repeats stories and/or asks the same questions over and over -- Makes up stories to fill gaps -- Behavioral symptoms common,  mood changes, irritability or emotional agitation -- Deficits in intellect and reasoning -- Signs of memory loss and language difficulties -- Physical coordination problems and physical confusion, changes in gait. <br>Watch the man carefully. These are all, very often, symptomatic of senile dementia and his appearance and behavior over the past few months have been very telling. Those who arranged his questionable nomination in the primaries have known of his condition and they\'re also the same folks who arranged Sarah Palin\'s selection as his vice. John McCain had nothing to do with her choice. <br>Regardless of what you think of this man\'s past, you really need to examine his present behavior. He reminds me all too much of Reagan during his second term, and with the choice of Sarah Palin as his backup, I do fear very much for our country.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3088942" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3088942" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3088942">Rebecca</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3088942" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3088942" class="dsq-comment-message">According to the DSM-VI, MCCain DOES show all classic signs and symptoms of PTSD, dementia, depression and a few other cognitive disfunctions. Meds and LOTS of counseling are in order, not the presidency. As a peace-time vet, I find that getting into the VA a nightmare, and I have seen how the VA is now treating VietNam era vets (like 2nd and 3rd class citizens)... I think that maybe it\'s time for Mr. McCain to avail himself of the system that he\'s helped to create. But then, I also think that ALL members of Congress and the Senate should spend a year living on Welfare and ONLY Welfare...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2453290" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2453290" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2453290">trippin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2453290" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2453290" class="dsq-comment-message">Forgive my language, but I\'m needing to quote what I hear at VFWs and Legion posts across southwestern Pennsylvania.<br><br>The consensus here is "I\'m not voting for that n!gger."<br><br>So at least in this swing state, expect ignorant racism to prevail and usher in four more years of abject neglect to our brave veterans.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2504963" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2504963" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2504963">Bree</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2504963" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2504963" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t believe that people still hold on to these beliefs, let alone say them out loud.  How disgusting.  For what it\'s worth, I\'m a 30 year old white woman, PROUDLY voting for Obama.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2505684" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2505684" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2505684">larry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2505684" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2505684" class="dsq-comment-message">"Nigger"!!  That disparaging word shows the racism  you possess goes back to at least sixty years.  How can someone live so long with so much hate.  You soul must be tormented.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2521086" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2521086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2521086">t-bone</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2521086" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2521086" class="dsq-comment-message">Lighten up larry and read trippin\'s post again, slowly.  Did that clear it up for you?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2454759" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2454759" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2454759">bacalove</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2454759" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2454759" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain Says One Thing and THEN Votes The Opposite!  When you hear McCain talk, think -- Wizard of Oz.<br><br><a href="http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/09/20/john_mccain_environment/?source=newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/09/20/joh...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2455244">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2455244" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2455244" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2455244">clover2</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2455244" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2455244" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope every veteran who has written a response to this article has also taken the time to write a letter to their local newspaper. Please speak up. For somehow who likes to claim he\'d make a better commander-in-chief, the choice of Sarah Palin is as alarming as it is irresponsible.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2505768">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2505768" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2505768" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2505768">Jack Stone</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2505768" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2505768" class="dsq-comment-message">JUST TEN of the 100s of REASONS<br>NOT TO SUPPORT MCCAIN<br><br>(1) McCain gave military secrets to the Viet Cong. Which he admitted to in his own book.<br><br>(2) McCain made radio announcements for the Viet Cong telling American sailors and soldiers not to fight and to give up.<br><br>(3) McCain cheated on his wife with more than one woman and admitted it.<br><br>(4) McCain left his wife when she was sickly and needed him most.<br><br>(5)McCain repeatedly mistreated the POW-MIAs’ wives and families and activists on many occasions.<br><br>(6) McCain did all he could to normalize US-VIET NAM Relations in opposition to most US veterans groups.<br><br>(7) McCain signed that death warrant for any and all living US POW-MIAs in VIET NAM by normalizing relations.<br><br>(8) McCain was heavily involved in the Keating 5.<br><br>(9) McCain did nothing about Clinton’s Treason of selling NUKES to the Chinese for ten million in illegal Communist Chinese Campaign money... Even though he was in the unique position to do something about it as the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.<br><br>(10) McCain’s so-called “Campaign Finance Reform” Bill is totally unconstitutional and would stop free speech..... even religious speech!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2505778">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2505778" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2505778" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2505778">Bill Anderson</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2505778" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2505778" class="dsq-comment-message">Like McCain I have a 100% disability for PTSD and it\'s clear to me this guy needs to be put out to pasture NOW.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2506030" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2506030" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2506030">grada3784</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2506030" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2506030" class="dsq-comment-message">So McCain is going to veto all all the earmark legislation?  Does that include the farm bills and all the BibleBelt state welfare queen bills.  What about corporate welfare programs, like the one giving tax breaks to the oil industry?<br><br>If so, be prepared for a lot of Republican whining.  More likely, just another lie.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2510437" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2510437" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2510437">Army_vet_in_Germany</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2510437" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2510437" class="dsq-comment-message">I would advise undecided vets to go check out the website of VoteVets -- or go to <a href="http://www.youtube.com" rel="nofollow">www.youtube.com</a> and search for VoteVets. These guys are smart, they are paying close attention to politics, and they are the voice of veterans today. They\'re a great organization and have done a lot of good work.<br><br>Any vet who supports John McCain or the Republicans is simply not paying attention - vets voting Republican are voting against their own interests!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2512971">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2512971" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2512971" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2512971">nativegirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2512971" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2512971" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s lying , John McCain has been so cruel and intolerant to help with the missing MIA\'s and  POW\'s.  I\'t\'s clear, John McCain wants only one hero in his life....\'himself\'  I don\'t know why he has done that and then mentions the soldiers in Iraq as brave. ....but benefits forget about.  I dislike this man so much.  He is a complete and utter liar and gutter rat.  It\'s too bad he was one that came home, he doesn\'t deserve anyone\'s respect.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2514371" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2514371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2514371">DS</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2514371" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2514371" class="dsq-comment-message">A quick check of their records will clear that up. These are just old senile white guys who think since he was in the military he gives a sh!t.<br><br>If his military voting record doesnt come up in the debates and if Obama doesnt attack him on it I\'m gonna be p!ssed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2521011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2521011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2521011">t-bone</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2521011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2521011" class="dsq-comment-message">“Sen. McCain repeatedly uses the phrase ‘wounds of war,’” Sullivan said, noting that 20 percent of the women deployed overseas report being sexually assaulted or harassed. “Would John McCain argue that a service member who was raped should not receive VA care?”<br><br>Probably, but he would DEFINITELY follow that up with a tasteless joke about a woman who was repeatedly raped and beaten by a gorilla asking, "where is that magnificent ape?"</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2526515">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2526515" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2526515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2526515">a veterans for vets</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2526515" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2526515" class="dsq-comment-message">wake up you vets,if you think he is on your side.his records on veterans issues is by far the worst .he is what i call a ceo vet,that is a vet ,that while still in the military  follows the motto that you never leave on the battle field but forgets to carry that motto   into civilian life.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-2538425">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2538425" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2538425" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2538425">Truth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2538425" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2538425" class="dsq-comment-message">Dear Washington Independent. Why don\'t you write about how John McCain, the self-named war hero, left behind about 600 of his fellow soldiers in Vietnam? I understand that people break under torture and so he accepted to leave beforehand, and this is ok. I understand he is ashamed of that, but there is no need. Only, now comes the big question: what was he doing  AFTER he came back to America? Did he give all his energy and might to fight for his brothers to come back? No! And for this there is no excuse at all. No excuse. Because he did EVERYTHING to BURY EVIDENCE THAT SOME WERE LEFT BEHIND, in spite of thousands of clear signs. See <a href="http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182</a>...<br>And if anyone, for example the family members of missed ones questioned him directly about this he just got an anger fit and 	AVOIDED TO REPLY.<br>How come? Where is the care for his fellow soldiers in such moments? What is going on here? <br>And do you know what: This should be the main subject in all the media right now! America threatens to choose 2 criminals for President and Vice President. One beginner and one long-timer. Media: wake up! People: wake up and make the media comment on what REALLY matters.<br>Check also <a href="http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.org" rel="nofollow">www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.org</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2542223" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2542223" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2542223">Charlotte</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2542223" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2542223" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, there\'s more--interestingly, most of the media seems totally uninterested. Read it and weep (literally and figuratively), McCain-ites...He\'s sold everyone else; he\'ll be happy to sell you right down the river too.<br><br><a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/schanberg" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/schanberg</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-2755665" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-2755665" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-2755665">Ann</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-2755665" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-2755665" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain dumped his first wife, who was severely injured in an auto accident while McCain was a POW, and pursued an affair with current wife Cindy while still married to his first wife.  Moreover, he was still on active duty in the Navy while he had the adulterous affair.  Adultery is a violation of Article 134, UCMJ.  Any of us soldiers would have been court-martialed, but the Admiral\'s son got away with it.  McCain is not only ant-vet but also anti-family values.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3130254">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3130254" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3130254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3130254">James Turner</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3130254" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3130254" class="dsq-comment-message">I wouldn’t vote for Senator McCain for all the tea in China. He is a fraud, flip-flopper and a liar.   People talk about him being a hero, my definition of a hero is the wife that stays home a take care of the kids, bill payer, disciplinary and holding the family together while soldiers are their job.  Someone that is willing to throw him/herself on a grenade to save their comrades or will continue fight no matter what the situation is to protect their country ideals or buddies.  That is my definition of a true hero.  McCain cheated on his wife with more than one woman and admitted it and left his wife when she was sickly and needed him the most. To me that is lower than whale crap.  He voted against veteran benefits on many occasions just to go along with the administration policies, but what is just right.  McCain was heavily involved in the Keating 5.  Saying you are a veteran and being a true veteran is two different things.  I severed this country for 42 and 10 months and lose blood for this country and would be proud to do so again if asked, but not for someone that will through their fellow comrades to the wolves just to prove his own political agenda.   Plus if he can’t organize his own campaign how can you organize the country to lead it in the right direction.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3267076" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3267076" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3267076">kc</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3267076" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3267076" class="dsq-comment-message">I know that there are a lot of people out there who just despise obama and won\'t vote for him because of that, i just want you to take a few minutes and read this article because your vote does count whether he is ahead in the polls or not.<br><a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0%2C8599%2C1853025-1%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9729481">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9729481" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9729481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9729481">James McCue</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9729481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9729481" class="dsq-comment-message">Mr. McCain, when are you to stand up, show you have backbone and begin questioning the issues and policies being thrust upon us the citizen.<br>It seems you are sitting on your hands and are cowering from the resident of the White House.<br>You are not the Senator we have known in the past....................................</div>\
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