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I'm a Clinton supporter and I'm thoroughly insulted by the whole way this is being handled.  The media characterizes it as Obama's insipration against the Clinton machine.   I've never been contacted by anyone, I just think she's the better candidate.  <br><br>I'll take you one further Damozel, if Obama's the nominee, I will vote for McCain in the fall.  I'm a 39 years old, liberal gay lifelong Democrat from New Jersey who has voted for every Democratic candidate for president since I could vote (beginning with Michael Dukakis) and I know I'm not alone.<br><br>Love her or hate her, Hillary got to the senate 7 years ago and by all accounts, built bridges with her Republican counterparts and worked her tail off.  Obama has a history of dodging important choices (what you mention above about his votes in Illinois and more recently, skipping the Iran vote a few months ago that he's been deriding her for).  <br><br>I've support Hillary from the start, but I liked Obama.  That said, I'm tired of the way he's portrayed as walking on water.  That and plain and simply, he's not qualified.  The though of turning this world over to someone with little to no experience who peppers every speech with the words \"change and hope\" and no substance terrifies me.  John McCain has experience in foreign poicy and is moderate enough to satisfy me (we'll also have a democratic congress to keep him in check).<br><br>Those who assume all Hillary supports will line up behind Obama in the fall are dead wrong.  I'm a prime example.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:49:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "mickey21", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "First off, Clinton is the immediate family member of a former president, and I am against that in the most heartfelt manner.    Second, she will be a divisive political figure whether she wants to be or not.   The neocon hate machine will pump their quarters into Rush, Coulter, and all the boys at the FOX network to ensure that.   Third,   Obama \"Gets it\".    I'm sure you've all read his opinion on the plans to invade Iraq, and were at least somewhat impressed with his dead on prediction of what it would become.   But please also read the following:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.lessig.org/blog/2008/01/barack_obamas_2002_speech.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.lessig.org/blog/2008/01/barack_obama...</a><br><br>I don't support Obama because of the media hype.  I have listened to him, and his answers are my answers, he sees the actual problem and despite what all his detractors say, if you listen to him has stated quite clearly what his positions are and what his plans to fix things are.    If you think he hasn't listen again.   Read again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:54:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Slamfu", "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}, "146527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To the extent that Damozel has described the behavior of Obama supporters toward undecideds and/or Hillary Clinton supporters, I completely agree with her characterization of that treatment.<br><br>To the extent that Clinton supporters (of which I've never been one - I wanted Biden, Dodd or Richardson and thoroughly expected to vote for one of them in Ohio until I saw the sample ballot today and none of them are even on it!! - now I'm really screwed!) really feel the way Damozel depicts them feeling, I imagine that for many, they do in fact feel that way.<br><br>I'm not saying it's right that they do, but I can imagine how it IS that they do.<br><br>I will not have a problem voting for whomever is the Dem candidate in the general, but, as I just wrote elsewhere, I'm very, very unhappy with the chiding and childishness of many, many of the Obama supporters who've tangled with me.  And I have a hard time believing that Sen. Obama would be proud of them for what they've done in his name.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:04:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "147516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Romney vs. McCain was MUCH nastier.\"  wrote T_Steel - absolutely true.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_18:55:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "147013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jill:<br><br>'Avaricious?' Obama supporters are greedy, and this stirs you? Or are you suffering from definitionitis?<br><br>Cupples: Niggerizing means to try to drag Obama down with assorted means of imputing bad things on him based on race- subtly, tangentially, or not- such as 'The BS about him equivocating on the war when Hillary did so, the BS that there os no substance to hi splans, which as a commenter above notes, are every bit as thorough as Hillary's- simply more innovative, the semiotic dance about race- Jesse Jackson, the smooth talker comment, and all the not so subtle racial and religious codewording.'<br><br>As for the LBJ thing, no one disputes LBJ championed the passage of laws, but w/o MLK he'd've done nada. It's the imputation of a plantation type mentality, that sans LBJ the Civil Rights Movement wd have failed. That was nonsense and the doublespeak that blacks hear all the time from even well menaing whites who know better or not.<br><br>Shadrach: yes, Hillary has a meager 7 years as a legislator, in 60 years alive. Obama has more legislative experience. But Hill tries to download Bill's 'experience' as her own. It's utterly absurd, but necessary since her track record in office is rather pedestrian. And her leadership skills are no better.<br><br>Mickey21: I smell a Clintonista plant.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_16:02:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "148550": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jill: 'They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate's gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.<br><br>I wasn't talking about Obama. I wasn't talking about Clinton. I was talking about a very discrete group of individuals.<br><br>You are totally losing it here - I've never, ever written a \"pro-Hill post\" - seriously - what are you talking about?<br>reply'<br><br>Again, how is the supporter of any politician, by using your definition of avarice, not avaricious. They all want to see their guy/gal get power. That's what politics is about. It's when power is the only driving force, which far more resembles Hill and her crowd than the Obama folk, whom the Hill folk accuse of naive te and idealism, even ripping him and them for it. <br><br>So, they are avaricious and naive and idealistic. Which? What have all your posts here been but blatantly pro-Hill? Hello....<br><br>BBQ- I've not duh anything, I've watched Dam and Jill distort with spade and fork, and simply am calling the instruments by name.<br><br>Dam: You did express an opinion, and a nakedly biased one which you have been called on, by me and others. And while I will vote for O come Texas primary, I am under no illusions that he's a savior, but he's far and away the best of the 3 major candidates, for reasons I and others have enumerated in the past. Like has nothing to do with it. He could be an asshole in person. I don't care, but he has the best ideas and temperament to be the 44th Prez.<br><br>It's this conflation of 'liking' candidates with their real world qualifications that leads to so many probs. Yes, I think W- as big a moron as he is, is more likable than Gore or Kerry, but most of the folk who voted for that reason alone likely regret it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_08:41:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "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}, "148555": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As for media narratives, most people do let themselves be guided by outside things. Most people do not think for themselves, in their personal nor professional lives, so why would their voting record be any different. Humans are lazy- be they R, D, or I.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_08:42:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Only because conservatives didn't want McCain. It's not like they loved Romney. This one is a more because people are absolutely obsessed about Obama to the point that they have forgotten that Clinton is still a respectable candidate and they should be happy either way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_19:04:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "BBQ", "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}, "146512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks for being civil, everyone (okay, most of you).  <br><br>I've said what I believe.  Obama could at any time have reined in his supporters by affirming his respect for Clinton.  He chose not to do so.  His wife chose to say she was unsure whether she could support Clinton if Clinton got the nomination.  That---by itself---was outrageous, signalling, as it did, that Obama's supporters should also consider whether they could support Obama's fellow Democrat if she got the nomination.  <br><br>He has benefited tremendously from the demonization of Hillary.  I can't say he has ever SAID anything, but I accuse him of passive-aggressively enabling a great deal of the bashing that she's taken.  I am reporting how I---and many many many Clinton supporters---perceive events.  And I am disappointed.  As I said, I came within a hair of voting for him.  I'm glad now I did not.  <br><br>I also believe that he has distorted Hillary's positions in his speeches and I KNOW he distorted her position on health care.<br><br>I could cite a LONG list of ways that I think he's let me (as a fellow Democrat) down.  But Hillary's supporters already know and his don't care.  So that's where we'll leave it.  <br><br>I would like to think better of him, but I can't separate him from his campaign.   I  hope he'll change my mind.  But I 'have to think about it.'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:01:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "damozel_rejoins", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cupples: 'Cosmoetica: I disagree about the LBJ remark. WHen I heard her say it, it sounded like she was saying, \"Hey, I would be cooperative with reformers such as MLK.\" Maybe I had wax in my ears.'<br><br>No, you're simply not attuned to doublespeak, nor the way wealthy and privileged whites really feel about blacks and their accomplishments. I often argue over race and white reactions to it, and whether or not Northerners or Southerners deal w it better. Hill's LBJ dance was classic paternalistic White BS. At least recalcitrant Southern whites are honest about their hate or uneasiness.<br><br>Jill: I don't care about posts outside this thread, but what the hell does the lust for money have to do with Obama supporters or Clinton? Explain what the connection is, and why this is a negative, because it's simply a bizarre claim.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_19:10:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "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}, "147033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's good to see Democrats doing their best to rip one another apart here.<br><br>I have two comments to add. 1) To think that the Obama camp is somehow singly engaged in branding opposing candidates, Clinton in this case, negatively while the Clinton camp is engaged purely in the pursuit of high-minded ideals and goals seems... hard to believe, for lack of a better expression. Every example provided in the post can be matched with some similar examples on the other side.<br><br>2) I will agree with the post in that I have noticed a trend on this board among Obama supporters to think that support of Clinton isn't genuine. This is clearly wrong. Of course, this is matched by Clinton supporters on TMV posting about how Obama supporters are deluded by personality and charisma, or Republican supporters thinking people only vote Democratic due to their race, class, or being from some sort of lunatic (brainwashed?) fringe.<br><br>OK, I will add one thought. There was a moment in some debate where the moderator was berating (oops, I meant asking) Clinton about her relatively low likability ratings. Obama made some comment that he thought she was quite likeable. That was a bit too tepid to me. I would have liked someone to have made a much stronger statement, which is to reject likeability ratings completely. It's rather offensive to me, honestly, to tell someone on national TV that a lot of people don't like you. It's rude at least and largely irrelevant to the issue at hand, being President. Communication and leadership is important, but each candidate's job is to display that, not give answers about what they will do about their likeability rating.<br><br>For the record, I will likely vote for Obama, but find Clinton plenty \"likeable\" as well as possessing some useful experience. I just think Obama offers a better direction for the country than Clinton. I do however think she offers a better direction than McCain and so will vote for her if that's the choice given to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_16:09:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "pacatrue", "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}, "148063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "cupples,<br><br>I don't expect any candidate to be pure as a driven snow.   He is cultivating his image just as Hillary is trying to cultivate her image as the wise and experienced leader.  <br><br>I think that people try to take individual quotes and extrapolate them into larger messages.  Michelle Obama said she would have to think about working to support Clinton.  So what?  She is the wife of someone running for President.   <br><br>She is NOT a former President of the United States so I think it is a little silly to try and put her on similar footing as Bill.  <br><br>FTR, the MLK comment was simply a misstep by Hillary and on its own it would have disappeared.  But then came the NH co-chairs comments,  Then came the Robert Johnson.  Then came Bill's utterly stupid comparison of Obama to Jackson.  <br><br>If you allow the media to create a narrative, they will.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_00:03:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "flyerhawk", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "149088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So sayeth a Clintonista.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_11:25:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "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}, "151140": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo:  <br>Feel free to assume that I will take it as read from now on that you will disagree with everything I say. <br><br>Yes, I am 'nakedly biased.'   This is a blog.  These are opinion pieces.  It would be wrong of me to pretend to be detached when I am not.   Others, including you, are free to differ.  Your information may be different or your premises may be wrong.  As for naked bias, go back and read your own comments.  They're the best retort .  <br><br>I have no intention of defending my opinions to you.  I do not find your arguments persuasive, but that may be because of the sneering tone.  As I asserted in the piece, \"You are too stupid to see the light\" never strikes me as particularly persuasive.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_23:49:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "damozel_rejoins", "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}, "146533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh please, the Clinton campaign has been way more underhanded.    You wish to pin the passive aggressive label on Obama but the leaked ads about Obama being a muslim get a pass?   Gimme a break.   You seem to have no problem separating Clinton from her campaign, just make a small mental adjustment and you will be  able to do it for Obama or see that they are both getting nastier in the heat of the race.   Its pretty silly for you to not see that you're just giving your candidate a pass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:05:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Slamfu", "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}, "147558": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like flyerhawk's first paragraph in particular. Obama supporters have been called cultists often; -----1 on a different thread called Obama's speeches vapid; ----2 has suggested in posts that Obama is all style with no substance; all of this hinting that people who think Obama would make a good president are almost irrational followers of a personality magnet. (I just took the names out of my comment, because I don't want this to become personal. Hope it doesn't confuse.)<br><br>All that said, Clinton supporters are being attacked by Obama supporters as well. It's a genuine thing and I understand they can get fed up with it. Pointing out ill behavior on one side doesn't remove the ill behavior of the other side. I don't see any use in getting into a \"which supporters are ruder than other supporters\" war, particularly when these two candidates share many of the same basic policy initiatives. I do hope that people will continue to come on to TMV and give reasons why Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, or Paul would make the best President for the nation, however.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_19:15:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "pacatrue", "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}, "146193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<blockquote>Do you wonder, as I do, how people got the idea that this relative newcomer to national politics has the credentials, experience, and other requisites for cleaning up after George W. Bush? </blockquote><br><br>Well, I certainly have doubts about someone who voted time and time again to assist Bush in creating the mess.<br><br>1.  Obvious, Iraq Authorization for Use of Force.<br><br>2.  Also Obvious, Kyl-Lieberman amendment <br><br>3. Just odd, the 2001 Bankruptcy bill which Clinton \"voted for but hoped it would die\".   WTF?<br><br>But what's amazing about this post is it's attempt to cast all Obama supporters as mean spirited chauvinists of some sort.<br><br>Considering the tone of the post itself, that attempt falls hilariously flat on it's face.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_12:41:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Davebo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Modifying BBQ's statement a bit with my additions in brackets, \"This one is a more because [some[ people are absolutely obsessed about Obama [or their favorite candidate] to the point that they have forgotten that Clinton [or the opposing candidate] is still a respectable candidate and they should be happy either way[, and vice versa].\" (My additions are not intended to represent BBQ's thoughts, as BBQ can express him or herself just fine. They are intended to add my perception to his or her nice comment.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_19:19:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "pacatrue", "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}, "149618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jane: I never thought it was possible to slur a typed word, but yuo did so.<br><br>1)  You are missing the point re; avaricious. How does that describe Obama folk and not Clintonistas or McCain supporters or any supporters?<br><br>2) I prefaced the quoted part with 'Do you not admit that the Hill folk have....' which indicates I am not stating you said that.  Then we get back top avariciouus, where you typed, 'They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate's gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.' about the Obama folk. How does that not square with 'but rapacious power-hungry sociopaths, of a sort.' You are dancing semantically, but not quick enough to not trip on your own claims.<br><br>3) It is mu threshold. The point?<br><br>4) Your link points to a blank page.<br><br>5) I copied and pasted your quote: 'They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate's gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.'<br><br>How is that NOT a sweeping statement?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_13:55:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"You know\" someone has been royally duped?  That's rather omnipresent of you, Adnora.  We're capable of tolerating a pretty high level of cognitive dissonance and I would say that strong Clinton supporters have an extraordinary high tolerance for cognitive dissonance.  But I would never say that I KNOW they are being duped.  I'd much sooner say that they know they're being duped and choose to accept the Clintons rather than the alternative.  They - the Clintons - do still have an awful lot of support.<br><br>Wow.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:09:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jammer: '\"If they are niggerizing YOUR hubby, woukd you be even as gracious?\"<br><br>Well, you and many others have attacked HIllary in the most vicious and vulgar ways, and we still declared we would support Obama in the GE, so the answer to your question is no, we were far more gracious. And what a thoroughly ugly phrase you used there. Its not only completely and totally wrong but insulting and in no way shape or form a useful advance in our national discourse. And how exactly to you expect to unify the party by accusing half of it of being racist?'<br><br>You are utterly delusional if you think Obama's folks started the splitting. And the fact that so-called liberals like the Clintons are willing to use racial tactics if 'one of them' gets in their way shows exactly why so many blacks distrust ALL whites. The Clintons are not David Duke, but there is still that hidden resentment if 'the other' succeeds at their expense.<br><br>'I would really appreciate hearing how this is so. I am not kidding. How exactly did they try to destroy Obama's \"character\" and \"career\"? I dont see it, sorry.'<br><br>The BS about him equivocating on the war when Hillary did so, the BS that there os no substance to hi splans, which as a commenter above notes, are every bit as thorough as Hillary's- simply more innovative, the semiotic dance about race- Jesse Jackson, the smooth talker comment, and all the not so subtle racial and religious codewording.<br><br>Dam: 'He has benefited tremendously from the demonization of Hillary.' As said by me and others, you simply have that backward. Blasting someone who demonizes you is not demonization but defense.<br><br>As for Obama supporters, the very claims against them are likely true, in small parts, as are similar claims about Hill supporters. But, look right in this thread, both Dam and Jill are doing the very childish fingerpointing they accuse the Obama folk of. <br><br>And they DO NOT see it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:17:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "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}, "146584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jill: \"You know\" someone has been royally duped? That's rather omnipresent <br><br>I think you mean omnipotent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:18:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "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}, "146589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Outrageous?  I don't know if it could be considered so.  Is it also outrageous to vote for someone whom you truly believe would be very bad as the leader of our government?  If it came down to the wire, I would really have a hard time bringing myself to vote for Clinton.  I could not  vote for McCain.  I know many folks who feel the same way. To us HRC is too similar to McCain/Bush in important areas of mindset and policy.  Her war approval was unbelievable. Her health \"care\" plan is unbelievable.  I am a doctor and I am dismayed at how insurance premiums have skyrocketed.  Many people can't afford to pay the premiums and pay rent.  This is a fact.  So what to do?  So let's just force them to pay anyway, and we'll call that \"universal health care\".  That appears to be what Clinton wants.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:19:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Adnora", "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": 146512, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "damozel, I just want to point out that in the vast majority of Obama's speeches and debate performances, he does in fact compliment Clinton on her campaign.  As far as I know, he has never come out in favor of bashing her or publicly said anything blatantly disparaging about her.  He obviously points out policy differences and he does talk about past decisions she has made that he disagrees with.  But that's the whole point of the campaign process - to learn about the candidates, their views, and what they hope to do as President.  It just seems unfair to me to expect Obama to make some kind of extra statement admonishing his own supporters when it's already clear that he respects Senator Clinton and wishes to lead a civil campaign.  We can't hold him accountable for the actions and words of others.  As for Michelle Obama's statement, well, I respect her candor in voicing that opinion.  Of course it would be difficult to support the woman who defeats your husband in a campaign.  And if Michelle Obama has the same questions about Hillary Clinton as many other do, then why should we expect her to automatically fall in line?<br><br>As for the complaints about Obama supporters, I haven't seen nearly as much heckling from them as I've seen from some Republican and Clinton supporters.  I'm a regular at a couple different blogs and various communities on LiveJournal and from what I've seen, there are a lot more Obama supporters around, but mostly they're a pleasant (if over-zealous) bunch.  I've also noticed that a lot of Clinton supporters tend to be more personally offended by pointed questions and honest differences of opinion than they really should be.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:20:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Amanda", "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}, "146593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL - you know - I was going to use omnipotent but I think omnipresent fits better.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:20:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147621": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo - I'm using it in this sense, from Merriam Webster online:<br><br>\"excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain\" - and there are other definitions out there that indicate the meaning of the word related to gain, not necessarily wealth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_19:43:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "146599": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know about being duped.  I was duped by Clintons for years and without being even a little omnipresent.  LOL!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:22:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Adnora", "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": 146557, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo - what are you talking about???? \"As for Obama supporters, the very claims against them are likely true, in small parts, as are similar claims about Hill supporters. But, look right in this thread, both Dam and Jill are doing the very childish fingerpointing they accuse the Obama folk of.\"<br><br>What fingerpointing??  Have you been following my blog and a few of the others in Ohio? My experience is real - it isn't about fingerpointing - I'd be happy to give you a tour.  Trust me - the posts with which some Obama supporters have tried to provoke me are absolutely outrageous.  I don't need to fingerpoint - it's out in the open.  I'm really not sure what your issue is with my comment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:22:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "148141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Flyerhawk, I remember Hillary and Barack at a debate (sitting down) being asked if they would support each other after one of them wins the primary.  They both managed to skirt the question without in indicating that they might not support each other and without stating that they would.  They even said nice things about each other in that moment.<br><br>Mrs. Obama could have done likewise at GMA: it was a scheduled interview. She CHOSE not to go that way.  I was just a small-time candidate (once), but I never went to a scheduled interview without a good idea of what I would and wouldn't say.  The Obamas (and Clintons) have far more at stake than I did. <br><br>Whether Bill was president or not doesn't relate to my point, which was that now -- as a husband and campaign volunteer -- his words have been imputed to Hillary.  The same is true for Michell/Barack (and would be of the McCains, if Mrs. McCain actually spoke).<br><br>Anyway, I still hope we'll see a joint ticket, whoever wins top slot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_00:50:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Cupples", "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": 148063, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "148655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo - we're simply not reading and/or talking abou the same blog or the same thread.  Your comments about what you say you've observed me writing about do not resonate with what's actually in here.  But thank you for giving my feelings so much time.  I'm not sure why they befuddle you so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_09:19:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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": 148555, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Omni whatever.  I am amazed at how people may know very little about the Clintons and are somehow attracted to the images they project.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:25:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Adnora", "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}, "147647": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And how Jill, is Hillary's unending quest to be Prez, at the exclusion of anything else, not up to your definition?<br><br>This is like not liking cetaceans, and ripping Flipper when Moby-Dick's in the pool.<br><br>Both you and dam are digging yourselves in deeper with every pro-Hill post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_19:51:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I really think Clinton should have come clean on her war vote.   Basically something along the lines of \"that was the stupidest thing I have ever done.\"   If you can't admit a mistake like that with the glaring spotlight of hindsight showing you the way you really aren't much better than the flunkies in the Bush administration.   Again, Obama saw the writing on the wall with that one, went on record about it and history has born him out.   Bash on his lack of experience all you want, but he seems to get it right the first time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_16:46:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Slamfu", "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}, "146630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Adnora - again with the \"knowing.\"  This is like the argument that if people just \"knew\" what gay people do, then they wouldn't approve of homosexuals.<br><br>That is just nonsense.  I know plenty about the Clintons and if it's Hillary v. McCain, I'm voting for her.  If it's Obama v McCain, I'm voting for him.<br><br>This really has very little to do with what people who support Clinton actually know - you are asserting that to support Clinton, you must not know anything.  Come on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:28:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "148169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Firehawk, I failed to address a few of your points.  Sorry.<br><br>The drug comments were low blows.  Period.  I didn't like the comments when I heard them. They weren't racist, though, just hypocritical (only by association) given Hillary's own husband's admission about marijuana.  <br><br>I CAN see how the Jessie Jackson comment might have been construed as racist.  He should have picked someone else to illustrate that winning South Carolina doesn't mean one will win the nation.<br><br>I don't think the MLK comment was a mis-step: she was stating that she would be helpful to such reformers in a practical way.  Some of Obama's media-linked supporters ignored crucial parts of her statement, began screaming, and the media amplified it. <br><br>Like you, I don't expect candidates to be pure as driven snow. and if they're not, it's not wise for them to falsely imply that their opponents are \"dirty\" on the very same issues regarding which they, themselves, have dirt in their history.  That's as hypocritical as IF (note the \"if\") Bill Clinton had accused Barack of being a womanizer or deal cutter.<br><br>Hillary didn't pounce on Barack over political donations or the war until AFTER he tried to pass himself off not only untainted but also comparatively cleaner than she is.  He opened the door on that one.  Can you think of a reason that she should not have reacted with counterpoints?<br><br>Again, I'm not trying to argue here that one is a ton better than the other overall; I'm just pointing out that some of Obama's actics have smacked of hypocrisy -- again, NO OFFENSE to his supporters, who aren't responsible for the  candidate's choices.<br><br>Does anyone really \"let\" the media create narratives?  They seem to do it on their own -- without regard for objections from folks like you and me.  As Fox and Limbaugh have shown for years, people who don't do their own research often don't know that they're being misled (or manipulated or lied to).  They turn on the TV, see guys and gals wearing suits and using crisp diction, and they think they're getting facts.   Go figure!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_01:20:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Cupples", "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": 148063, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "mickey21, I find it hard to believe you would vote for 4 (if not 8) more years of Republican management of this nation.  Whatever image McCain (ie: Maverick) has built for himself, ideologically, he's not that different from President Bush.  That you, a self-professed life-long Democrat would throw the Democratic party under the bus just because your preferred candidate didn't get the nod speaks more about your own weaknesses and prejudices than either Democratic candidate.<br><br>I will say, upfront, that I have, and will continue to support Obama.  But if he doesn't get the nod, I will vote for Clinton in the general.  Not because I am a party-line voter (I'm an independent), but because I could not, in all good conscience, hand the reins of this country over to John McCain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_16:48:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "JWeidner", "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}, "147665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My wife is a big supporter of Clinton and after Richardson pulled out I was leaning her direction. However, after Hillary's appeal to to seat the Florida and Michigan delegates, Clinton lost both of our support for her devious and underhanded approach. Simply put you cannot change the rules after the game has started and particularly in the case of Michigan where hers was the only name on the ballot. Seating the Michigan delegates and having votes under those circumstances reminds me of the old USSR elections.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_20:01:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "jdledell", "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}, "146644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For example, isn't this a lovely way to support Barack Obama? of COURSE I'm SURE Obama has nothing to do with it, but seriously - people want people to say race and gender don't matter, and then people whip up this kind of crap?  <br><br><a href=\"http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=902\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?pro...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:31:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "146127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "DaM; It was Hill the Chill and Bill that started with the niggerizing of Obama, and posts like this are classic distortions.<br><br>And Michelle's remarks were classic hedging your bets. She does not want to appear overconfident and say that that is not necessary. As for Hill's 'tone'. If they are niggerizing YOUR hubby, woukd you be even as gracious?<br><br>Hill has a sense of entitlement exceeded only by the Bushes.<br><br>As for your titular query- what then? Well. then there is a chance to reverse the Bush debacle. Hill has shown she has not the spine to stand up against the Right- despite her claims, and she certainly is too monied by corps to really do anything of a significant nature even if she had the will. Come 2012, w her in charge, Iraq will still be larded with Americans, and the homefront will still be being bled by NAFTA and similar atrocious economic policies endorsed by her and her hubby.<br><br>As for experience- O's got more of it as a legislator, and more in actually making decisions. Being First Lady of the nation and Arkansas, I'm sorry, simply do not count.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_12:21:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think the author has missed the point of why Obama supporters support him over Hillary. She is a part of the same divisive and divided political machine that has dominated this country for the 15 to 20 years.  We're tired of it. She may a  lot of \"experience\", but that's why I'm not voting for her. She's experienced in the same political games that have torn this country apart. Frankly, I'm tired of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_12:28:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "djshay", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmoetica: I disagree about the LBJ remark.  WHen I heard her say it, it sounded like she was saying, \"Hey, I would be cooperative with reformers such as MLK.\"  Maybe I had wax in my ears.<br><br>I agree that Obama expressed opposition to the Iraq war in a speech in 2002,  BUT he wasn't voting on it then and risking the pre-Katrina Rove machine's calling him a traitor if he voted against it.  <br><br>In 2004, Obama did say that he wasn't sure how he would have voted if he'd been in the senate in 2002: I've heard that he was being nice to Kerry -- ok.  HOWEVER, he also said in 2004 that his position on the war was not that different from GWB's.  That's noticeably different from the claim \"I've been against it from the start.\" <br><br>See meet the press re: Obama's 2004 statements (about 1/3 of the way down):<br><a href=\"http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/11/sweet_blog_extra_obama_on_meet.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/11/sweet_b...</a><br><br>See Boston Globe re: his support of war funding (like Clinton's)<br><a href=\"http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/03/20/obamas_record_shows_caution_nuance_on_iraq/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/ar...</a><br><br>I already know that Hillary voted for the war, and i was disgusted that she likely did it for political reasons, but my point isn't who was better re: the war.  Given that their war votes since 2005 have been largely the same, I'd say that NEITHER of them was better on that issue.  But that's just me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_16:55:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Cupples", "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": 147013, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can I just say I have a fever and assume you knew what I meant? :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:36:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "147696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo  - you are getting so far away from the original sentence in which I used the word. I wrote:<br><br>\"Cosmo - I am telling you that my experience with the Obama supporters in the Ohio blogs has been extremely difficult and they have repeatedly shown themselves to be avaricious.\"<br><br>They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate's gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.<br><br>I wasn't talking about Obama. I wasn't talking about Clinton.  I was talking about a very discrete group of individuals.  <br><br>You are totally losing it here - I've never, ever written a \"pro-Hill post\" - seriously - what are you talking about?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_20:22:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "146675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damozel, you may be right about the attitude of some Obama supporters.  There are certainly some fanatics out there.  But I'd also suggest you check in at a site like <a href=\"http://hillaryis44.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">hillaryis44.com</a> for equally ridiculous examples of fanactical Hillary supporters.<br><br>My point being, both sides have people supporting them who make ridiculous claims, state they'll never support the other Democratic candidate should their favorite not win the nomination....the list goes on and on.<br><br>To claim that Obama is responsible in some way, or to suggest that Obama should do more to reign his supporters in, while ignoring Hillary's lack of effort at doing the same, strikes me as hypocritical.<br><br>Rather, you may as well just accept (as I do) that both Hillary and Obama are inspiring people across the country, and some of those people are becoming a bit \"passionate\" about who they support.  But at the end of the day, we each have a responsibility to vote only for the candidate we see as being the right one to lead the country.  The actions and/or slights (real or imagined) of one or the other's supporters should have no bearing on that decision.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:36:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "JWeidner", "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}, "149239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who is Obama before some partisans from the democrat party decide to find another alternative to her candidacy. Obama supporters repeat the same slogan : she is divisive. The divisive ones are likely to be the medical lobby who want to put an end to her health care plan, which they already did 15 years ago. The divisive used to be the republicans who hated her and put in lots of means and money to find nothing to say much about whitewater. The people who keep up this slogan seem to recite a lesson without actual proof. <br>And what about Irak war? Any of Obama supporters dare say that in the heat and terror of 9/11 and the speculations about Saddam Hussein mass destruction weapons never think a minute the war might be necessary?  And to say they would support Mc Cain if Obama is not the nominee, knowing Mc Cain's positions on the war show their inconsistency. At least the Hillary supporters who say the same on their side seem more consistent, not that they support the war but never use that as an argument against her. <br>There is a spell cast on this election, and that is the work of the irrational on the mass . In either case the divisivness and partisanship inside the democrat party itself will turn against the democrats themselves. <br>Now to this point, it seems like none of them will coalisce all the democrat votes . The democrats are very good at paving the road for the republicans. What's wrong with Hillary as president and Obama as VP, time and experience can only work in his favor to get full support from all (minority immigrants, hispanic and Hillary supporters). <br>Instead a young inexperienced senator who already thinks he is the One for America while he helps bring out partisanship and division. Many can do with Mc Cain. The democrats should do a little more sociological studies, psychological and cultural research about their voters.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_12:08:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jane", "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}, "146685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It doesn't matter what the supporters say, Senator Obama routinely praises Senator Clinton in his speeches.  That's a fact.  And I see nothing from Senator Clinton that shows she feels Senator Obama is disrespecting her.  BUT I do see supporters on both sides ripping each other incessantly.  And that just plain sucks.<br><br>Jillmz, that t-shirt is tasteless and classless.  And if Senator Obama was endorsing them, I would be the first to rake him over the proverbial coals.  People that make t-shirts like that are agitators and inbeciles.  Bros before hoes????  Puh-leeze.  How about:<br><br>CLASSY BEFORE ASS-Y!<br><br>That's what I'll wear for those t-shirt losers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:38:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "T_Steel", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "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}, "148737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "cupples,<br><br>Thank you for the thoughtful response.  I think we are generally in agreement but simply finding differences on the edges.  <br><br>I believe there is a tendency to see base motives in other candidates while seeing only high moral motives from the candidate we have chosen.  And in the world of blogs it is that much more pervasive because so many blogs tend to being egregiously biased.  They spin stories to favor their candidates.  I have been posting on TalkLeft for a few weeks in an attempt to temper the fervent pro-Clinton anti-Obama rhetoric there.  And I can tell you that there are certain known facts about both campaigns that cannot be challenged because they are entrenched matters of faith.  <br><br>I really do believe that some people are far better at controlling the media narrative.   Ronald Reagan was exceptionally good.   John Kerry was horrible at it. Certainly how the media views the person is a factor.  But some people treat the media with disdain and really don't care how they are portrayed.  The current President is a good example of this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_09:49:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "flyerhawk", "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}, "148741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jill, again:<br><br>How is the supporter of any politician, by using your definition of avarice, not avaricious. They all want to see their guy/gal get power. That's what politics is about. It's when power is the only driving force, which far more resembles Hill and her crowd than the Obama folk, whom the Hill folk accuse of naive te and idealism, even ripping him and them for it.<br><br>Do you not admit that the Hill folk have chided Obama folk as idealistic dreamers?  So, you are saying, that in online arguments, most O folk are not that, but rapacious power-hungry sociopaths, of a sort. But, that's not so of Hillary folk, even if we accept your syllabus of the argument.<br><br>Even the worst Right Wingers who post here- Superdestroyer with his racial paranoia, and DLS with his Right Wing comments, I would not describe as avaricious in support of this or that folk, so again the claim seems strained.<br><br>Can you link to specific comments where this rapacious Obama support resides. And, if so, what makes you think that is the majority, when you have objected to similar sweeping statements against others?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_09:50:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Senator Obama routinely praises Senator Clinton in his speeches. That's a fact. And I see nothing from Senator Clinton that shows she feels Senator Obama is disrespecting her.\"<br><br>I agree 100% with that, T_Steel (why an underscore - hyphens are so much easier!!).<br><br>Wouldn't it be nice to see what great t-shirt someone could come up with if, although I don't expect it to happen, but if they ran on the same ticket - of course the whole who is pres/vp issue - I can't imagine resolving that one!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:42:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "147720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It is interesting how many of the critics of Obama forget about the Clinton camp's move concerning Michigan and Florida, including Hillary campaigning in Florida. That one really bugged me. Almost as much as those who are willing to see a virtual Bush clone in the White House in the name of their anger.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_20:38:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jim_Satterfield", "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}, "146705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Many of us, who haven't necessarily been mean to Obama, have been asking this about Obama since he began his campaign.<br><br>The fact is, he differs little from Clinton insofar as their policy or program objectives are concerned.  Both are well left of center, Clinton just better disguised at this, while Obama doesn't seem to be concealing anything (\"Trojan horse\") but instead simply hasn't decided yet on details or simply doesn't know yet. <br><br>This is sad, but unsurprising:<br><br><a href=\"http://wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7865717\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7865717</a><br><br>This, though, is disturbing to non-liberals:<br><br><a href=\"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD8UPJPO00\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsq...</a><br><br>(Get Washington out of, not deeper into, where it doesn't belong!)<br><br>What we're seeing with Clinton vs. Obama is a contest between what the Dems are known for -- identity politics (reverse racism and sexism, primarily, but other identity politics are involved), and a competition because now black Americans are not sidelined at the left fringe (the kind of activists the DNC wants to take for granted and exclude from leadership) but are part of the mainstream, even if the party establishment, so long used to deciding things (since 1932 in the modern world), now isn't simply faithfully obeyed.<br><br><a href=\"http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/a-fight-about-what/?ref=opinion\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/...</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/31/usa.uselections2008\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/31/usa...</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/jonathan-raban-we-are-fighting-the-wrong-battles-780715.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentato...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:45:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "DLS", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a nifty trick but hey, I'll republish my answer:<br><br>Cosmo - you are getting so far away from the original sentence in which I used the word. I wrote:<br><br>\"Cosmo - I am telling you that my experience with the Obama supporters in the Ohio blogs has been extremely difficult and they have repeatedly shown themselves to be avaricious.\"<br><br>They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate's gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.<br><br>I wasn't talking about Obama. I wasn't talking about Clinton. I was talking about a very discrete group of individuals.<br><br>You are totally losing it here - I've never, ever written a \"pro-Hill post\" - seriously - what are you talking about?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_20:46:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "147740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow - ok- well - I guess i'm just driving up the count here - T_Steel - I am trying to reply to Cosmo here but his/her post keeps getting pushed to the end somehow - please feel free to delete all my multiple except that come after his, which I'm trying to answer in sequence - sorry for the confusion to readers.<br><br>Here's my reply to his post that ends with \"pro-Hill post.\"<br><br>Cosmo - you are getting so far away from the original sentence in which I used the word. I wrote:<br><br>\"Cosmo - I am telling you that my experience with the Obama supporters in the Ohio blogs has been extremely difficult and they have repeatedly shown themselves to be avaricious.\"<br><br>They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate's gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.<br><br>I wasn't talking about Obama. I wasn't talking about Clinton. I was talking about a very discrete group of individuals.<br><br>You are totally losing it here - I've never, ever written a \"pro-Hill post\" - seriously - what are you talking about?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_20:48:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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": 147647, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jill: I have not read your blog. I read TMV as a precis because it links to others, and folk like you recap things. I was referring to Dam's amd your portrayals of Obama folk as lumpenmenschen in their attitudes toward Hill, when the very fact of grouping them together is exactly what you are supposedly decrying in the Obama folk.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:49:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "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}, "146721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damozel's main point was NOT why people should support Hillary over Obama.  It was that some of Obama's more ardent \"surrogates\" and supporters have been DIVISIVE (e.g., insulting) to the point that it has created resentment toward Obama on the part of some Hillary supporters.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:50:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Cupples", "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": 146146, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "148259": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MCCAIN DEMOCRAT.<br>VOTE MCCAIN<br><br>I am infuriated by the treatment of Hillary by the Democrats.  I was not a strong Clinton supporter when this began but have rallied to her.  The Clinton's lead over a strong economy and left office with a surplus, taking office after 12 yrs of Republicans.  The Obama Dems are acting like crude idiots in their treatment of the Clintons and \"Clinton Rules\"<br><br>Obama was just an Illinois state senator just 4 yrs ago....He is being compared to JFK, but what did JFK do in the short time he was in office besides Bay of Pigs and gross adultery.  I am an educated White Male.<br><br>Although I am a lifelong democrat but voting for MCCAIN if Obama wins the nomination.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_03:26:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Democrits", "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}, "146728": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo  - I am telling you that my experience with the Obama supporters in the Ohio blogs has been extremely difficult and they have repeatedly shown themselves to be avaricious. So yes - I am absolutely lumping together the ones I know from my experience.  I am sure that there are others who are not like them - I was speaking about my experience.  And I stand by my characterization of my experience.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:52:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "146738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The chance to be seen and heard in more than just a handful of quirky early-primary states has already made a striking difference for the Illinois Senator, who was the clear underdog when he entered the race. \"What was a whisper has turned into a chorus,\" Obama told his hometown crowd in Chicago. <br><br>But a whisper, many would like to know, of what?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=526&Itemid=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?opti...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:55:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "DLS", "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}, "147252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But to be fair he explained why he was downplaying his opposition to the war.   That particular interview was during the democratic convention and he was trying to not put the presidential and vp nominees, both of whom voted for the war, on the spot.   Which makes sense.   As far as the war votes since then even the democrats don't simply want to yank funding for the troops while they are out in combat.   It would be seen quite literally as not supporting the troops and rightly so.  There needs to be a consensus between Congress and the White House when we pull out of Iraq, its going to be ugly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_17:20:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Slamfu", "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}, "147270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Does anyone else notice this contradiction?  Clinton supporters cannot brag about how she's \"battle tested\" and \"experienced,\" especially against the Republican smear machine, and then whine and bellyache about how mean and uncivil Obama has been during the primary, and how rude and sexist the media has been to Hillary.  I'm an Obama supporter but am willing to acknowledge Hillary has done great, especially since many people (such as Andrew Sullivan) think that Hillary is a high priestess of Cthulu and sacrifices babies in pagan blood rites under the new moon.<br><br>Also, Dem supporters of both candidates have shrieked about how the opposing Dem candidate is secretly a Republican or Bush-Lite, to which I respond, THEY (the candidates) DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.  Both Clinton and Obama have had to lurch to the right, even in the primaries, to appeal to a broader swath of voters who may otherwise be reluctant to vote for a woman or a black man.<br><br>The Republicans may have their strongest candidate in play in the general election, but no matter who the Dem nominee is, they will have more organization, more money, more volunteers, and more turnout than the Republicans, which bodes well in November.  Despite being \"weak on national security,\" I think the Dems will win, if only that the public is sick of foreign policy misadventures and want some actual domestic policy pursued.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_17:25:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lit3Bolt", "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}, "146774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damozel,<br><br>I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you have not visited this site yet.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.hillaryis44.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.hillaryis44.com/</a><br><br>Perhaps it would help level out your views of the candidate's supportors.<br><br>Did you know that Obama has \"has repeatedly insulted the voters of Florida and Michigan\"?   Apparantly by living up to the agreement both he and Hillary made at the start of this campaign.<br><br>Really nice as well how they go all \"Confederate Yankee\" on Obama supporters such as Tim Russo.<br><br>Frankly, it looks a lot like a \"Karl Rove Blog for Hillary\" if you ask me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:04:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Davebo", "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}, "147799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jim,<br>Sorry McCain isn't a Bush clone. No he isn't your progressive anti-war liberal but that isn't coming out of the GOP in the next 100 years either.<br><br>Cosmo,<br>Why do they need to dig when you have already dug a big enough hole?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_21:19:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "BBQ", "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}, "146268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are you honestly ignoring the Obama bashing that Clinton and Clinton supporters have engaged in since he started to gain momentum?<br><br>Honestly, what pushed me over the fence to Obama's side what the fact that she is willing to destroy the character and career of a someone who stands between her and power. Had this been a civil race, maybe they could even have been running mates...<br><br>She's been able to divide the democrats. I'm sure she'll do the same for America.<br><br>I wish she had lived up to what I had hoped she'd be. I really was looking forward to the first female president...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:04:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "diquscommenter", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "T-Steel,  Good point re: supporters (not candidates) tearing each other apart.  Frankly, I'd like to see a joint ticket, whoever wins the Dem primary,  because I think that's the best chance for the Dems to beat McCain.  <br><br>As many bloggers forget, many ordinary (i.e., non-wonks and non-bloggers) mis-perceive  McCain as a moderate or liberal.  This means that McCain will be able to peel off some Dem and Ind votes.  It would be harder for McCain to get Dem votes if the BO and HC supporters would stop going after each other.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:07:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Cupples", "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": 146410, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "149563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo - people are going to start talking, and on Valentine's Day no less.<br><br>1. My comments? My words. I stand by avaricious regardless of how many people it describes. That's my observation. I take responsibility for it.<br><br>2. I never said any of this or intimated any of it, so don't put words or ideas into my comments that aren't there in the first place: \"Do you not admit that the Hill folk have chided Obama folk as idealistic dreamers? So, you are saying, that in online arguments, most O folk are not that, but rapacious power-hungry sociopaths, of a sort. But, that's not so of Hillary folk, even if we accept your syllabus of the argument.\"<br><br>3. This describes your threshold, to which you are entitled. \"Even the worst Right Wingers who post here- Superdestroyer with his racial paranoia, and DLS with his Right Wing comments, I would not describe as avaricious in support of this or that folk, so again the claim seems strained.\"<br><br>4. I invited you a several comments ago to look at the instances to which I'm referring.  Go look at <a href=\"buckeyestateblog.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buckeye State Blog.</a>  Just search on \"clinton.\"<br><br>5.  Again - I never said anywhere at anytime to anyone anything that would indicate i felt this way.  How it is that you make such an assertion, I can't say. \"And, if so, what makes you think that is the majority, when you have objected to similar sweeping statements against others?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_13:41:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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": 148741, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Flyerhawk, you're right: there are emotionally charged attacks from both candidates' supporters. <br><br>I don't think  Bill or Hillary brought racism into the campaign.  As I recall, the MEDIA created the issue after Hillary made the factual, non-racist comment involving LBJ and MLK ( my paraphrasing): Reformers like MLK need presidents like LBJ, and I would be one (a positive message that some people twisted beyond recognition).  <br><br>Michelle Obama's comment was a big deal, as it sounds like a message to supporters to stay home if Hillary wins.  That message is a slap to the roughly 50% of Dems who now support Hillary: it's like saying, \"We're in it to win, and we don't give a damn about the rest of you Dems if we don't win.\"  THAT's hugely divisive, and it came from the candidate's wife. [Remember, Bill's words are imputed to Hillary, so Michelle's are equally imputed to Barack.]<br><br>Frankly, I'd like to see a joint ticket -- whoever takes the top spot. <br><br>On another note, I've been troubled by Obama's tendency to make comparisons that don't quite gel with reality (NO OFFENSE to his supporters).  Examples:<br><br>1.  He implied that his hands were much cleaner than Hillary's re: corporate and lobbyist money -- though he's taken a healthy share.  Hillary has too, but she didn't start the false comparison. <br><br>2.  He implied that he is better re: the Iraq war, though a) his neck wasn't on the line with an actual vote in the pre-Katrina climate, and b) his and Hillary's war-related votes since 2005 have been about the same.  The upshot: NEITHER candidate is an anti-war activist's dream. <br><br>3.  He claimed during the campaign that he stood up to the nuclear power industry, and he did -- AT FIRST.  In the end, he rewrote the bill to give the industry what it wanted (i.e., don't FORCE us to actually report small radioactive leaks).  I DON'T BLAME Obama for his original version's being sunk by fellow legislators.  I DO blame him for posturing as though he had not ultimately capitulated. Here' s the link: <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/03exelon.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/0...</a><br><br>My point is NOT that Hillary is better on all issues. Mmy point is that Obama had no business claiming that he was somehow untainted when he wasn't -- and yet, the media is buying and amplifying it (which isn't his fault, I know).  Still, it's frustrating to witness.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_21:29:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Cupples", "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": 147445, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146810": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "cosmoetica I agree with you about NAFTA and a few other things.  What I don't understand is the term \"niggerizing.\"  What does it mean?  And what concrete actions did Hillary take to do that to him?<br><br>A completely new point: I'm still troubled by the way that Obama's surrogates cried \"racism\" when Hillary said that MLK needed Johnson and Congress to get laws passed.  To me, her remark was part of her trying to say, \"Hey, if I'm president, I'll be helpful to reformers like MLK.\"  It was a nice message.<br><br>Somehow, Obama's bigger, media-tied supporters cried racism.  Why?  And what also troubles me is that Obama was the only one who could have quickly stepped in and put out the fire.  He didn't.<br><br>I know that my last point doesn't address yours, but your use of \"niggerizing\" reminded me of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:13:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Cupples", "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": 146127, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146410": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "FIRST AND FOREMOST, Senator Clinton and Senator Clinton aren't ripping each other to shreds.  Their supporters ARE at times and it's quite depressing.  Senator Obama has said earlier, he is friends with Senator Clinton now and will be after this process is over.  I'm sure she will also.<br><br>I respect Damozel's viewpoint but disagree with much simply because Obama and Clinton are such strong candidates.  I refuse to get involved in firing broadsides at them simply because the McCain Campaign has some serious salvos ready.  And they will hit Clinton or Obama.  Doesn't matter how tough or charismatic someone is or isn't.  McCain will go after them hard.  And all Democrats would be best served to chill, let the process play out, and get ready for the real battle.  I disagree with all the polls.  Obama and Clinton would both face a TOUGH fight from McCain and could LOSE more convincingly than you think.<br><br>'Nuff said...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:38:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "T_Steel", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo - you can believe me or not.  Send me an email address and I'll send you the links to the offensive posts.  Yes - they are avaricious. Or maybe I just have a fever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_17:49:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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}, "146317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know why Clinton didn't vote on the 2005 bankruptcy bill, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt that it was a good reason. <a href=\"http://jinchi.blogspot.com/2007/03/hillary-clinton-and-bankruptcy-bill-of.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">She did release a statement that said she was against it and also voted for amendments to make it less awful.</a> So at least she changed her mind. Considering the number of things that Obama has said he didn't support but then didn't show up for the final vote (including the immunity thing yesterday, although he did vote on the amendment ) I don't think it can be held against her.<br><br>Also Obama is open to being questioned about his present votes in Illinois but don't assume that they were all because he didn't have the guts to stand up for something. He voted present for a bill he helped draft because he was informed it was probably unconstitutional. Hillary is disingenuous when she makes it sound like they are all chickening out.<br><br>Anyway Damozel, you're asking for the impossible, which is that people prove that he has more of the type of experience that you find best. I think he has more experience than her in what I find most relevant. For instance, I like Obama's policies a lot more than hers and think the idea that there is little policy difference is false. <br><br>His policies are focused on bottom-up structures, while hers are top-down. They are both \"progressive\" but his greatly reflect his community organizer background while hers reflect a politician/lobbyist mentality (not necessarily negative even those have negative connotations). Ironically, I'm having a hard time finding specifics in her plans compared to Obama's, but in most of the policy proscriptions I have found reflect my summarization. For instance, her housing plan calls for a foreclosure/interest rate freeze, as well as giving money to people to help them with their payments (at least I think, this is what it sounded like in her speech but I can't find details). All of these things work against market forces and will have lots of unintended side effects. Even if they \"worked,\" the best case scenario is that the prices would remain elevated and long term it would be harder for middle income people to buy houses (not to mention the effects of property taxes on fixed income). The best case scenario would give us a Japan situation with stagnant prices over at least a decade.<br><br>By contrast, Obama proposes using a similar amount of money but letting the market deflate. A lot of his proposed money would go to local governments to purchase foreclosed homes, fix them up and then rent/sell them as affordable housing. He is not entirely against intervention, as he is for allowing judges to change the loan conditions during bankruptcies, so people can stay in their houses at a value that reflects the lower price. <br><br>In any case, I consider myself a pro-market progressive, inasmuch as I think that the markets are a very powerful tool for distributing wealth and encouraging innovation, but that they mess up a lot (especially when there isn't enough oversight or regulation) and that we have a moral duty to help those in need get back on their feet. To me, Clinton and (even moreso) Edwards, have ideas that are more anti-market and as a side effect, inflationary, so I don't support them as much.<br><br>So since that's my thinking, (and I think that it has a LOT greater chance of getting support of 60%+ of the population) Obama has the most experience and a better mindset. If you have different priorities, then you might disagree and we can debate which priorities are more important. But the theme that Clinton has more experience is like saying that my boss has more experience than me because he's been working 30 years in science and I've been working 2, even though our skillsets are completely different and I have much greater experience in things that he needs to move forward in a new way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:17:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "mikkel", "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": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe you mean omniscient?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:32:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Adnora", "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": 146593, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Having no emotional stake in this contest, I would only suggest to the HRC supporters to take a read of the article over at RCP today by the writer named Jay.<br><br>If I am properly absorbing his gist, Obama's victory string might well be the result of voter-converting momentum or, it just might be Obama-favoring demographics in the most recent states. The remainder of the states, he states, will move away from the demographics that have been so rewarding to Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:21:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "casualobserver", "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}, "146846": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess I just don't share the idea that she is a great executive, or has a record of getting things done.  It seems pretty clear from the dysfunctional campaign she has run --she has blown through a 20 plus lead and at least 120 million, its hard to see how the clinton's great experience has translated into anything effective.  In fact the clinton presidency was similarly hobbled by such leadership gaps.  The most blatant being the stupid impeachment, but the most damaging to the progressive cause was the debacle of arrogant overreach in 93, of which Hillary care was the most prominent.  We progressives have been on the defense ever since.  <br><br>The idea that just because she has survived her mistakes does not mean that she has learned anything.  Witness her blowing the very important Iraq call.  She may indeed have felt she needed to position herself as tough enough, but that would be a strike against her.  That war is costing billlions and thousands of lives, and engendering the world against us.  Not too mention our own betrayal of our principles.  This is not the call a good leader makes.  You could take a cynical note and suppose that she, knowing how incompetent the Bush team was, gambled on the war being a debacle allowing the democrats to sweep the nation in 08--now that would be a cunning strategy worthy of a great general, but I'm not sure if you would be comfortable with such a thought.  If she were that capable she would have surely noted that that vote has allowed Obama to take all the voters to the left of her, while advocating policies to the right of her and boxing her into advocating health care to win back those leftest votes- shining light on her biggest debacle.  <br><br>She may be battle scared, and she may still win, but she is not effective, and she would not be a good president.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:21:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "shadrach", "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}, "146341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damozel, you can count me as someone who thinks you have nailed it right on the head.  I feel exactly the same way.  I have been attacked and insulted on the political blog boards for having the temerity to:<br><br>- be a baby boomer;<br>-be a veteran of the utterly necessary political wars of the 60's through the 90's';<br>-not think Bill Clinton was a scandal ridden rogue<br>- not agreeing that the Clinton adminstration was a disaster<br>-not think that Hillary is a calculating, amoral shrew for staying with Bill,<br>-understand that Kyl-Lieberman meant absolutely nothing<br>-understand and remember that lots of people of good conscience had different opinions on Iraq<br>-understand that we cant solve all problems if we just all get along<br>-understand that the Republicans are not dying to compromise their principles to agree with Obama<br>-understand that it was the Republicans not the Clintons themselves (!) who made the 90's so divisive.<br>-understand that to get rid of the divisive politics of the past 20 years we have to give up the fighting, and just all get along regardless of what policies this results in.  This country has hard bitter partisan fighting for over 200 years!  You are not going to change that.<br><br>I frequent literally dozens of these blogs and it is without dispute in my own experience that Obama's people there (with a few limited exceptions) are rude, vulgar, nasty, belligerent, and ready to tear down everything Clinton and dance laughing on the grave.  With only a limited few exceptions I do not see that same things out of Hillary supporters.  Quite the contrary, until recently they were all too willing to pledge to support Obama in the fall if he is the nominee.  With only a few limited exceptions I did not see the same statements out of Obama supporters.  But I agree with you, we are getting angry.  We are sick and tired of being attacked by the unity candidate and his minions.  We are sick and tired of being excluded, and having our lives, and the battles we felt it necessary to wage marginalized, insulted and demeaned.  It seems that just at the same time that Hillary reigned in Bill was when Obama turned directly on all Clinton admirers and he hasnt stopped, and his supporters havent either.  Hillary knew when to stop her husband.  Obama seems not to have that kind of tactical smarts.<br><br>\"If they are niggerizing YOUR hubby, woukd you be even as gracious?\"<br><br>Well, you and many others have attacked HIllary in the most vicious and vulgar ways, and we still declared we would support Obama in the GE, so the answer to your question is no, we were far more gracious.  And what a thoroughly ugly phrase you used there.  Its not only completely and totally wrong but insulting and in no way shape or form a useful advance in our national discourse.  And how exactly to you expect to unify the party by accusing half of it of being racist?<br><br>So the question at the end of the article is really pertinent: what are you gong to do to unify the party, because frankly I see this as more difficult than McCain unifying his party.  Are you going to boo Hillary at the convention?  Walk out if Bill Clinton speaks?  Continue to accuse Clinton supporters of being racists?  What will you do to try and bring people who feel as we do back into the fold.  Frankly I dont see Obama supporters as caring about this one bit.  But we will see how it all plays out in the fall.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:22:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "70a0e70fa1a9d29d757672e05384fd6a", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It is amusing to me to observe the sudden discovery by Democrats about just how duplicitous and craven the Clinton's are, and also the expressed shock at the 'big lie' strategy they and their supporters wage against their opponents.<br><br>Republicans have known if for years. But then again, really, so have Democrats. They just treated that behavior the same way NOW treated Bill and Monica. It doesn't count when we don't want it to count.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:22:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "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}, "150442": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You may be wasting bandwidth, but I'm asking clear and direct questions to things you typed. Evade if you wish, but that's your onus.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_17:56:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "cosmoetica", "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}, "146863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"It would be harder for McCain to get Dem votes if the BO and HC supporters would stop going after each other.\"<br><br>This could be true, so I think the pot should be further stirred.............<br><br>\"I know it is tempting \u2014 after another presidency by a man named George Bush \u2014 to simply turn back the clock, and to build a bridge back to the 20th century,\" the Illinois senator said.<br>\"... It's not enough to say you'll be ready from Day One \u2014 you have to be right from Day One,\" he added.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:26:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "casualobserver", "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}, "146357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "diquscommentator said:<br><br>\"she is willing to destroy the character and career of a someone who stands between her and power.\"<br><br>I would really appreciate hearing how this is so.  I am not kidding.  How exactly did they try to destroy Obama's \"character\" and \"career\"?  I dont see it, sorry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:25:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "70a0e70fa1a9d29d757672e05384fd6a", "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}, "147384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think this argument is pointless (all due respect to fellow co-blogger Damozel).  I feel  that many Clinton and Obama supporters are hypersensitive due to this historic race for the nomination.  It's obvious.<br><br>Neither Clinton nor Obama are entitled to the nomination based on race and sex.  Neither.  People are voting who THEY want to vote for.  All of this back-biting is depressingly horizontal.  If you are a Democrat, your candidate loses, and you then switch to McCain, you aren't a Democrat in the first place.  And that goes for Clinton AND Obama supporters.<br><br>How do ya like that?!?  So there?!?  Got somethin' to say?!?  Yeah?!?  Bring it!!<br><br>LOL...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_18:04:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "T_Steel", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "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}, "149952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmo - we're wasting bandwidth here e-mail if you have something you want to continue.  If the link didn't work, google it.  Sheesh. jillzimon AT mac DOT com", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_15:19:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jillmz", "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": 149618, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "147909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cosmoetica:<br><br>I am \"digging myself in deeper\", how?  <br><br>I expressed an opinion.  You do not agree.   It's fine with me if you differ.  You haven't said anything to change my mind---you seem to think that it's because I don't understand, when it's just that I don't accept how you're framing the facts. <br><br>I am pro-Hillary, as between Hillary and Obama.   That's not something I am going to apologize for.   I imagine I've gone into the facts at least as thoroughly as you, but my conclusions are different.   Each must choose her own best option.<br><br>The day may come when something happens to change my mind---but it won't come from something someone says to change my mind, because I've pretty thoroughly looked into the facts.  It'll have to come from Obama himself or from Hillary.<br><br>I do get that you dislike Hillary and like Obama.  <br><br>I hope I come to like Obama too.  But people who bash Hillary repeatedly aren't making me like him better.  Rather the reverse.  Which was the point of my post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_22:23:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "damozel_rejoins", "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}, "147400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am bewildered with all the rudeness and nastiness thrown at the Clintons.  I agree with the author, what shall I do if Obama were to be nominated.  I think hard, and decided that perhaps let a republican clean up their own mess.  I see Obama as a Big Mac, all colorful void of nutritions.  Big Mac is a big success but the result is gagantuan public health problem: diabetics among youth to name one.  If one listened closely to his so call charisma and speeches, he said nothing.  His campaign will sling the racist stone at anyone that dare to mention that he used drugs even though he admitted using drugs in his youth.  If he was truly a community organizer, he would not be able to amess wealth, 1.6 million dollar homes.  Besides his advisors are leftover clinton's staff, they got their experience from Clinton.  So where is the CHANGE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_18:10:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "kali", "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}, "146378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>A Clinton Supporter Asks: If Obama Wins it All, What Then?</i><br><br>Learn to say <b>President McCain</b> and wait for the next war.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:30:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Don_Quijote", "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}, "146396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There are some valid points to having Clinton as President, as there are for McCain and Obama. At the core, the three candidates are similar in many ways; how they've acted and some of their history makes the difference in how people are going to react towards them.<br><br>I support Obama's pursuit of the Presidency precisely because he doesn't have all of the weight from years spent in the Federal environment to guide his actions. Will he make a couple of mistakes once he has the job? Assuredly no moreso than any other President has during their own time.<br><br>Secondly, I look at the reactions that a number of friends outside of the US have had in contemplating each candidate. Many see the continuation of foreign affairs as they have been in the past 20 years under possible Clinton or McCain administrations. They are more intrigued and open to an Obama administration, because it would represent, to them, a fresher start to many discussions. You can't say whether they are right or wrong until that administration is actually formed, but I will at least pay attention to what those perceptions are as our nation lessens its stature as less of a world leader to more of a star player on the global team.<br><br>In any campaign season, there are going to be cliques which form, be it Democratic vs Republican, young vs old, rich vs poor, etc. Most often, people look through the lens of their own team, and it becomes unfortunate: words become harsher, criticisms become more prevalent, and divisiveness ensues. Yet, at the end of the day, we still wave to the same neighbor, buy from the same cashier, and go about our business.<br><br>Perhaps, rather than casting discussion in the negative, it would be better to change people's minds via constructive discussion over the implications of each candidate, and their platforms. After all, three or four ads really aren't going to compare - in the long run - to bills proposed once someone moves in to that house on the hill. Most people realize this, and will listen more readily than to any negativity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:36:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Peter_Allen", "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}, "147421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Will everyone stop with the <b>all style no substance</b> angle about Senator Obama?!  He has told you his positions in debates.  What else do you want?<br><br>See it's both ways.  I'm sorry Damozel.  But an Obama fan can write the exact same thing as you.  And there were be 50+ comments and rising.  And I'll say it again, Senator Obama has praised Senator Clinton numerous times in his speeches.  And Senator Clinton hasn't shown ANY sign that she feels disrespected by Senator Obama.  THAT IS A FACT!   Romney vs. McCain was MUCH nastier.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_18:18:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "T_Steel", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "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}, "146534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I voted for Bill Clinton twice and with enthusiasm.  I have watched and sifted through much that has been written and spoken by and about both Clintons, disregarding the obvious rantings of the Clinto-hating right wing hit squad. The more I learned, the uglier they looked.  I have never been so disappointed or disillusioned by any politicians as by Bill and Hill, and that is saying a lot.  I think they are both very skilled politicians.  As an Obama supporter, i generally have seen very little negativism on blogs and boards written by other Obama supporters.  Not so the case with Clinton supporters.  If Obama wins, he'll have his work cut out for him.  If Obama wins I will celebrate a new beginning and hopefully roll up my sleeves and help the many who want to reclaim a governemnt of the people, for the people and by the people.  I hope with all my heart that Obama does win because he by far the superior candidate.  I also hope he wins because of what I have learned about the Clintons in all my years of observing their behavior and understanding their ruthless tactics.  I would love to itemize my  list of reasons to never vote Clinton again.  I do not know if this is the forum suitable for such an exchange.  I am amazed at how Clintons still have many loyal followers.  With all due respect I know you have been royally duped.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:05:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Adnora", "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}, "148970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack voted time and again to assist Bush in this mess. He delivered his FLIP, uncourageous anti-war speech in 2002, then he FLOPPED right into the Senate and voted lock-step with Hillary to fund the war. If he wants to use all that money to build bridges, he should never have funded the war and taken a principled stand like Dennis Kucinich. \"Punishing/supporting\" the troops is a B.S. kowtowing line. Look to see much more kowtowing from Barack going forward.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_10:57:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "TahoeEditor", "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": 146193, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "146411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<blockquote>I frequent literally dozens of these blogs and it is without dispute in my own experience that Obama's people there (with a few limited exceptions) are rude, vulgar, nasty, belligerent, and ready to tear down everything Clinton and dance laughing on the grave. With only a limited few exceptions I do not see that same things out of Hillary supporters.</blockquote><br><br>My experience has been the exact opposite. In any case, I'm glad that I just expect to not like  the reasons that 95% of people from any group self identify as being part of that group. I think that both Obama and Clinton themselves have been fairly civil and really arguing about the supporters is kind of stupid. Although you could argue that Obama's whole platform is based on us working together to put pressure on our political system while hers is based more on her putting pressure on it, so it matters more for him that most people are incapable of rational discourse.<br><br>In any case, I think that the partisanship towards the political apparatus of the GOP is necessary and if Obama wins, he will need the activists/Clintons/Edwardses of the nation to stand up against them. But from her rhetoric, it makes it sound like Clinton is attacking Republicans in general and I know a TON of self-identified Republicans that loathe the state of their party, but dislike the traditional democratic one even more. It is these people that I think Obama can bring in, and hopefully help change things. Ironically, if his plan is successful, I think the Republican party will get a lot stronger in the long run because it will be forced to reform.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:39:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "mikkel", "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}, "147445": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Insult and outrage is in the eye of the beholder. Many Clinton supporter I have dealt with seem more than comfortable with referring to Obama supporters as cult members.  They are fine comparing Obama to George Bush, as you did yourself Dam.<br><br>I think what it really boils down to is that  a lot of Hillary supporters feel betrayed by Obama because they felt that it was Hillary's turn.  Obama wasn't supposed to be a legitimate challenger for the nomination.  He was supposed to be the standard cannon fodder that most secondary candidates are in the primaries.<br><br>So as the tide continues to turn towards Obama, Hillary supporters are increasingly lashing out at him for being unfair or for being divisive.   Whereas 2 months ago these supporters many of these same Hillary supporters were saying things like \"politics ain't beanbag\" and \"if Obama thinks this is bad wait till he faces the Republican candidate\", today the roles have reversed and the Hillary supporters are the aggrieved victim.<br><br>The Clinton campaign made some strategic blunders.  They thought that the experience argument would defeat the hope theme.  Problem is that most people weren't all that impressed with Hillary's experience either.  <br><br>I really have no idea why you think that Michelle Obama's comment is all that noteworthy.  You mentioned it several times.  Why should I care, even assuming that I take your interpretation at face value which I don't?<br><br>You speak of the countless transgressions by Obama supporters as being unforgivable.  What of the NH co-chair who suggested that Obama was unelected because of his drug use?  What of Robert Johnson who suggested that Obama was busy using drugs while Hillary was doing real work?  What of the Clinton Campaign finance chair sending out an email from a pretty out there blog making all sorts of sinister accusations about Obama's secret ties to Muslims?    What of Bill Clinton consistently saying racially insensitive comments to tamp down support for Obama?<br><br>And what will you say of the almost certain run of attacks that will be coming out the Clinton campaign in the coming weeks?  <br><br>Politics isn't pretty.  But for the most part this has been a tepid primary run.  Neither candidate engaged in the mudslinging for the most part.  <br><br>If you want your betrayal to define you going forward this year, that's you choice.  But I certainly will not feel ashamed for supporting Obama simply because Hillary was supposed to win.<br><br>Oh and if you want some examples of some truly hatefilled stuff go check out <a href=\"http://www.hillaryis44.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.hillaryis44.com</a> and then come back to us and tell us that it is the Obama supporters that are lowering the bar.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_18:27:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "flyerhawk", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "http://themoderatevoice.com/disqus-blank.html", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "190889", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "2724", "hash": 1285129279836496229}, "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27", "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 190889, "num_posts": 89, "closed": true, "queued": false, "killed": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": false, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "8e626a1cbe92745e5f4435bb28791555", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "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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		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=themoderatevoice' +
		'&t=a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_default_text) +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

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

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showModeratorActions(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL + '</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS + '</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" 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> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		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" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></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;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';

			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					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 > 3) ? 3 : 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 += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</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" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>'
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<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> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> ' + Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/themoderatevoice/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/themoderatevoice/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

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

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


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


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

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


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/uploads/forums/2724//avatar92.jpg';
};
// 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 {
			var retval = parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
			return !isNaN(retval) ? retval : null;
		}
	};

	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 type="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/themoderatevoice/_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 select one to 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">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">89</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27/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://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27/">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">\
	 <p>Comments for this page are closed.</p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		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.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		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 type="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://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27/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 <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : '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 '	<p>Comments for this page are closed.</p>\n';
	};

	//
	// 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 must log into an account in order to comment on The Moderate Voice" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</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:190889" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</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'				: 'themoderatevoice',
			't'				: 'a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27',
			// 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/themoderatevoice/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/themoderatevoice/a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27/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 type="button" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button type="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/themoderatevoice/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27'
			+ '&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/themoderatevoice/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27'
			+ '&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/themoderatevoice/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'a_clinton_supporter_asks_if_obama_wins_it_all_what_then_27'
				+ '&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 type="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 type="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.showModeratorActions = function() {
      if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
          return;
      }

      var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"><table><tr>' +
                 '<td>' + Dsq.Strings.ACTIONS + '</td><td><ul>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleClosed(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.closed ? Dsq.Strings.OPEN_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.CLOSE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleKilled(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.killed ? Dsq.Strings.RESTORE_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.REMOVE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '</ul></td></tr></table></div>' +
              '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate-threads/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
      Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.MODERATE_OPTIONS);
  };

	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/themoderatevoice/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		  status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		  window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};

  this.toggleClosed = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/themoderatevoice/toggle_thread_closed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };

  this.toggleKilled = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/themoderatevoice/toggle_thread_killed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };
};
// 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/190889/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/themoderatevoice/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/themoderatevoice/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;
}();


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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146512">DAMOZEL</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146512" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for being civil, everyone (okay, most of you).  <br><br>I\'ve said what I believe.  Obama could at any time have reined in his supporters by affirming his respect for Clinton.  He chose not to do so.  His wife chose to say she was unsure whether she could support Clinton if Clinton got the nomination.  That---by itself---was outrageous, signalling, as it did, that Obama\'s supporters should also consider whether they could support Obama\'s fellow Democrat if she got the nomination.  <br><br>He has benefited tremendously from the demonization of Hillary.  I can\'t say he has ever SAID anything, but I accuse him of passive-aggressively enabling a great deal of the bashing that she\'s taken.  I am reporting how I---and many many many Clinton supporters---perceive events.  And I am disappointed.  As I said, I came within a hair of voting for him.  I\'m glad now I did not.  <br><br>I also believe that he has distorted Hillary\'s positions in his speeches and I KNOW he distorted her position on health care.<br><br>I could cite a LONG list of ways that I think he\'s let me (as a fellow Democrat) down.  But Hillary\'s supporters already know and his don\'t care.  So that\'s where we\'ll leave it.  <br><br>I would like to think better of him, but I can\'t separate him from his campaign.   I  hope he\'ll change my mind.  But I \'have to think about it.\'</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146193">Davebo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146193" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote>Do you wonder, as I do, how people got the idea that this relative newcomer to national politics has the credentials, experience, and other requisites for cleaning up after George W. Bush? </blockquote><br><br>Well, I certainly have doubts about someone who voted time and time again to assist Bush in creating the mess.<br><br>1.  Obvious, Iraq Authorization for Use of Force.<br><br>2.  Also Obvious, Kyl-Lieberman amendment <br><br>3. Just odd, the 2001 Bankruptcy bill which Clinton "voted for but hoped it would die".   WTF?<br><br>But what\'s amazing about this post is it\'s attempt to cast all Obama supporters as mean spirited chauvinists of some sort.<br><br>Considering the tone of the post itself, that attempt falls hilariously flat on it\'s face.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146317">mikkel</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146317" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know why Clinton didn\'t vote on the 2005 bankruptcy bill, but I\'ll give her the benefit of the doubt that it was a good reason. <a href="http://jinchi.blogspot.com/2007/03/hillary-clinton-and-bankruptcy-bill-of.html" rel="nofollow">She did release a statement that said she was against it and also voted for amendments to make it less awful.</a> So at least she changed her mind. Considering the number of things that Obama has said he didn\'t support but then didn\'t show up for the final vote (including the immunity thing yesterday, although he did vote on the amendment ) I don\'t think it can be held against her.<br><br>Also Obama is open to being questioned about his present votes in Illinois but don\'t assume that they were all because he didn\'t have the guts to stand up for something. He voted present for a bill he helped draft because he was informed it was probably unconstitutional. Hillary is disingenuous when she makes it sound like they are all chickening out.<br><br>Anyway Damozel, you\'re asking for the impossible, which is that people prove that he has more of the type of experience that you find best. I think he has more experience than her in what I find most relevant. For instance, I like Obama\'s policies a lot more than hers and think the idea that there is little policy difference is false. <br><br>His policies are focused on bottom-up structures, while hers are top-down. They are both "progressive" but his greatly reflect his community organizer background while hers reflect a politician/lobbyist mentality (not necessarily negative even those have negative connotations). Ironically, I\'m having a hard time finding specifics in her plans compared to Obama\'s, but in most of the policy proscriptions I have found reflect my summarization. For instance, her housing plan calls for a foreclosure/interest rate freeze, as well as giving money to people to help them with their payments (at least I think, this is what it sounded like in her speech but I can\'t find details). All of these things work against market forces and will have lots of unintended side effects. Even if they "worked," the best case scenario is that the prices would remain elevated and long term it would be harder for middle income people to buy houses (not to mention the effects of property taxes on fixed income). The best case scenario would give us a Japan situation with stagnant prices over at least a decade.<br><br>By contrast, Obama proposes using a similar amount of money but letting the market deflate. A lot of his proposed money would go to local governments to purchase foreclosed homes, fix them up and then rent/sell them as affordable housing. He is not entirely against intervention, as he is for allowing judges to change the loan conditions during bankruptcies, so people can stay in their houses at a value that reflects the lower price. <br><br>In any case, I consider myself a pro-market progressive, inasmuch as I think that the markets are a very powerful tool for distributing wealth and encouraging innovation, but that they mess up a lot (especially when there isn\'t enough oversight or regulation) and that we have a moral duty to help those in need get back on their feet. To me, Clinton and (even moreso) Edwards, have ideas that are more anti-market and as a side effect, inflationary, so I don\'t support them as much.<br><br>So since that\'s my thinking, (and I think that it has a LOT greater chance of getting support of 60%+ of the population) Obama has the most experience and a better mindset. If you have different priorities, then you might disagree and we can debate which priorities are more important. But the theme that Clinton has more experience is like saying that my boss has more experience than me because he\'s been working 30 years in science and I\'ve been working 2, even though our skillsets are completely different and I have much greater experience in things that he needs to move forward in a new way.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146962">mickey21</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146962" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you for finally putting my feelings into words!!  I\'m a Clinton supporter and I\'m thoroughly insulted by the whole way this is being handled.  The media characterizes it as Obama\'s insipration against the Clinton machine.   I\'ve never been contacted by anyone, I just think she\'s the better candidate.  <br><br>I\'ll take you one further Damozel, if Obama\'s the nominee, I will vote for McCain in the fall.  I\'m a 39 years old, liberal gay lifelong Democrat from New Jersey who has voted for every Democratic candidate for president since I could vote (beginning with Michael Dukakis) and I know I\'m not alone.<br><br>Love her or hate her, Hillary got to the senate 7 years ago and by all accounts, built bridges with her Republican counterparts and worked her tail off.  Obama has a history of dodging important choices (what you mention above about his votes in Illinois and more recently, skipping the Iran vote a few months ago that he\'s been deriding her for).  <br><br>I\'ve support Hillary from the start, but I liked Obama.  That said, I\'m tired of the way he\'s portrayed as walking on water.  That and plain and simply, he\'s not qualified.  The though of turning this world over to someone with little to no experience who peppers every speech with the words "change and hope" and no substance terrifies me.  John McCain has experience in foreign poicy and is moderate enough to satisfy me (we\'ll also have a democratic congress to keep him in check).<br><br>Those who assume all Hillary supports will line up behind Obama in the fall are dead wrong.  I\'m a prime example.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146705">DLS</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146705" class="dsq-comment-message">Many of us, who haven\'t necessarily been mean to Obama, have been asking this about Obama since he began his campaign.<br><br>The fact is, he differs little from Clinton insofar as their policy or program objectives are concerned.  Both are well left of center, Clinton just better disguised at this, while Obama doesn\'t seem to be concealing anything ("Trojan horse") but instead simply hasn\'t decided yet on details or simply doesn\'t know yet. <br><br>This is sad, but unsurprising:<br><br><a href="http://wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7865717" rel="nofollow">http://wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7865717</a><br><br>This, though, is disturbing to non-liberals:<br><br><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD8UPJPO00" rel="nofollow">http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isOFwdbq0tsq...</a><br><br>(Get Washington out of, not deeper into, where it doesn\'t belong!)<br><br>What we\'re seeing with Clinton vs. Obama is a contest between what the Dems are known for -- identity politics (reverse racism and sexism, primarily, but other identity politics are involved), and a competition because now black Americans are not sidelined at the left fringe (the kind of activists the DNC wants to take for granted and exclude from leadership) but are part of the mainstream, even if the party establishment, so long used to deciding things (since 1932 in the modern world), now isn\'t simply faithfully obeyed.<br><br><a href="http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/a-fight-about-what/?ref=opinion" rel="nofollow">http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/...</a><br><br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/31/usa.uselections2008" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/31/usa...</a><br><br><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/jonathan-raban-we-are-fighting-the-wrong-battles-780715.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentato...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146146">djshay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146146" class="dsq-comment-message">I think the author has missed the point of why Obama supporters support him over Hillary. She is a part of the same divisive and divided political machine that has dominated this country for the 15 to 20 years.  We\'re tired of it. She may a  lot of "experience", but that\'s why I\'m not voting for her. She\'s experienced in the same political games that have torn this country apart. Frankly, I\'m tired of it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146268">diquscommenter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146268" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you honestly ignoring the Obama bashing that Clinton and Clinton supporters have engaged in since he started to gain momentum?<br><br>Honestly, what pushed me over the fence to Obama\'s side what the fact that she is willing to destroy the character and career of a someone who stands between her and power. Had this been a civil race, maybe they could even have been running mates...<br><br>She\'s been able to divide the democrats. I\'m sure she\'ll do the same for America.<br><br>I wish she had lived up to what I had hoped she\'d be. I really was looking forward to the first female president...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146341">Jammer</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146341" class="dsq-comment-message">Damozel, you can count me as someone who thinks you have nailed it right on the head.  I feel exactly the same way.  I have been attacked and insulted on the political blog boards for having the temerity to:<br><br>- be a baby boomer;<br>-be a veteran of the utterly necessary political wars of the 60\'s through the 90\'s\';<br>-not think Bill Clinton was a scandal ridden rogue<br>- not agreeing that the Clinton adminstration was a disaster<br>-not think that Hillary is a calculating, amoral shrew for staying with Bill,<br>-understand that Kyl-Lieberman meant absolutely nothing<br>-understand and remember that lots of people of good conscience had different opinions on Iraq<br>-understand that we cant solve all problems if we just all get along<br>-understand that the Republicans are not dying to compromise their principles to agree with Obama<br>-understand that it was the Republicans not the Clintons themselves (!) who made the 90\'s so divisive.<br>-understand that to get rid of the divisive politics of the past 20 years we have to give up the fighting, and just all get along regardless of what policies this results in.  This country has hard bitter partisan fighting for over 200 years!  You are not going to change that.<br><br>I frequent literally dozens of these blogs and it is without dispute in my own experience that Obama\'s people there (with a few limited exceptions) are rude, vulgar, nasty, belligerent, and ready to tear down everything Clinton and dance laughing on the grave.  With only a limited few exceptions I do not see that same things out of Hillary supporters.  Quite the contrary, until recently they were all too willing to pledge to support Obama in the fall if he is the nominee.  With only a few limited exceptions I did not see the same statements out of Obama supporters.  But I agree with you, we are getting angry.  We are sick and tired of being attacked by the unity candidate and his minions.  We are sick and tired of being excluded, and having our lives, and the battles we felt it necessary to wage marginalized, insulted and demeaned.  It seems that just at the same time that Hillary reigned in Bill was when Obama turned directly on all Clinton admirers and he hasnt stopped, and his supporters havent either.  Hillary knew when to stop her husband.  Obama seems not to have that kind of tactical smarts.<br><br>"If they are niggerizing YOUR hubby, woukd you be even as gracious?"<br><br>Well, you and many others have attacked HIllary in the most vicious and vulgar ways, and we still declared we would support Obama in the GE, so the answer to your question is no, we were far more gracious.  And what a thoroughly ugly phrase you used there.  Its not only completely and totally wrong but insulting and in no way shape or form a useful advance in our national discourse.  And how exactly to you expect to unify the party by accusing half of it of being racist?<br><br>So the question at the end of the article is really pertinent: what are you gong to do to unify the party, because frankly I see this as more difficult than McCain unifying his party.  Are you going to boo Hillary at the convention?  Walk out if Bill Clinton speaks?  Continue to accuse Clinton supporters of being racists?  What will you do to try and bring people who feel as we do back into the fold.  Frankly I dont see Obama supporters as caring about this one bit.  But we will see how it all plays out in the fall.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146127">cosmoetica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146127" class="dsq-comment-message">DaM; It was Hill the Chill and Bill that started with the niggerizing of Obama, and posts like this are classic distortions.<br><br>And Michelle\'s remarks were classic hedging your bets. She does not want to appear overconfident and say that that is not necessary. As for Hill\'s \'tone\'. If they are niggerizing YOUR hubby, woukd you be even as gracious?<br><br>Hill has a sense of entitlement exceeded only by the Bushes.<br><br>As for your titular query- what then? Well. then there is a chance to reverse the Bush debacle. Hill has shown she has not the spine to stand up against the Right- despite her claims, and she certainly is too monied by corps to really do anything of a significant nature even if she had the will. Come 2012, w her in charge, Iraq will still be larded with Americans, and the homefront will still be being bled by NAFTA and similar atrocious economic policies endorsed by her and her hubby.<br><br>As for experience- O\'s got more of it as a legislator, and more in actually making decisions. Being First Lady of the nation and Arkansas, I\'m sorry, simply do not count.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146330">casualobserver</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146330" class="dsq-comment-message">Having no emotional stake in this contest, I would only suggest to the HRC supporters to take a read of the article over at RCP today by the writer named Jay.<br><br>If I am properly absorbing his gist, Obama\'s victory string might well be the result of voter-converting momentum or, it just might be Obama-favoring demographics in the most recent states. The remainder of the states, he states, will move away from the demographics that have been so rewarding to Obama.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146342">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146342" class="dsq-comment-message">It is amusing to me to observe the sudden discovery by Democrats about just how duplicitous and craven the Clinton\'s are, and also the expressed shock at the \'big lie\' strategy they and their supporters wage against their opponents.<br><br>Republicans have known if for years. But then again, really, so have Democrats. They just treated that behavior the same way NOW treated Bill and Monica. It doesn\'t count when we don\'t want it to count.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146357">Jammer</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146357" class="dsq-comment-message">diquscommentator said:<br><br>"she is willing to destroy the character and career of a someone who stands between her and power."<br><br>I would really appreciate hearing how this is so.  I am not kidding.  How exactly did they try to destroy Obama\'s "character" and "career"?  I dont see it, sorry.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146378">Don Quijote</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146378" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>A Clinton Supporter Asks: If Obama Wins it All, What Then?</i><br><br>Learn to say <b>President McCain</b> and wait for the next war.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146396" href="http://www.twitter.com/wintershard" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Shard</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146396" class="dsq-comment-message">There are some valid points to having Clinton as President, as there are for McCain and Obama. At the core, the three candidates are similar in many ways; how they\'ve acted and some of their history makes the difference in how people are going to react towards them.<br><br>I support Obama\'s pursuit of the Presidency precisely because he doesn\'t have all of the weight from years spent in the Federal environment to guide his actions. Will he make a couple of mistakes once he has the job? Assuredly no moreso than any other President has during their own time.<br><br>Secondly, I look at the reactions that a number of friends outside of the US have had in contemplating each candidate. Many see the continuation of foreign affairs as they have been in the past 20 years under possible Clinton or McCain administrations. They are more intrigued and open to an Obama administration, because it would represent, to them, a fresher start to many discussions. You can\'t say whether they are right or wrong until that administration is actually formed, but I will at least pay attention to what those perceptions are as our nation lessens its stature as less of a world leader to more of a star player on the global team.<br><br>In any campaign season, there are going to be cliques which form, be it Democratic vs Republican, young vs old, rich vs poor, etc. Most often, people look through the lens of their own team, and it becomes unfortunate: words become harsher, criticisms become more prevalent, and divisiveness ensues. Yet, at the end of the day, we still wave to the same neighbor, buy from the same cashier, and go about our business.<br><br>Perhaps, rather than casting discussion in the negative, it would be better to change people\'s minds via constructive discussion over the implications of each candidate, and their platforms. After all, three or four ads really aren\'t going to compare - in the long run - to bills proposed once someone moves in to that house on the hill. Most people realize this, and will listen more readily than to any negativity.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146410" href="http://themoderatevoice.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">T-Steel</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146410" class="dsq-comment-message">FIRST AND FOREMOST, Senator Clinton and Senator Clinton aren\'t ripping each other to shreds.  Their supporters ARE at times and it\'s quite depressing.  Senator Obama has said earlier, he is friends with Senator Clinton now and will be after this process is over.  I\'m sure she will also.<br><br>I respect Damozel\'s viewpoint but disagree with much simply because Obama and Clinton are such strong candidates.  I refuse to get involved in firing broadsides at them simply because the McCain Campaign has some serious salvos ready.  And they will hit Clinton or Obama.  Doesn\'t matter how tough or charismatic someone is or isn\'t.  McCain will go after them hard.  And all Democrats would be best served to chill, let the process play out, and get ready for the real battle.  I disagree with all the polls.  Obama and Clinton would both face a TOUGH fight from McCain and could LOSE more convincingly than you think.<br><br>\'Nuff said...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146411">mikkel</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146411" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote>I frequent literally dozens of these blogs and it is without dispute in my own experience that Obama\'s people there (with a few limited exceptions) are rude, vulgar, nasty, belligerent, and ready to tear down everything Clinton and dance laughing on the grave. With only a limited few exceptions I do not see that same things out of Hillary supporters.</blockquote><br><br>My experience has been the exact opposite. In any case, I\'m glad that I just expect to not like  the reasons that 95% of people from any group self identify as being part of that group. I think that both Obama and Clinton themselves have been fairly civil and really arguing about the supporters is kind of stupid. Although you could argue that Obama\'s whole platform is based on us working together to put pressure on our political system while hers is based more on her putting pressure on it, so it matters more for him that most people are incapable of rational discourse.<br><br>In any case, I think that the partisanship towards the political apparatus of the GOP is necessary and if Obama wins, he will need the activists/Clintons/Edwardses of the nation to stand up against them. But from her rhetoric, it makes it sound like Clinton is attacking Republicans in general and I know a TON of self-identified Republicans that loathe the state of their party, but dislike the traditional democratic one even more. It is these people that I think Obama can bring in, and hopefully help change things. Ironically, if his plan is successful, I think the Republican party will get a lot stronger in the long run because it will be forced to reform.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146474">Slamfu</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146474" class="dsq-comment-message">First off, Clinton is the immediate family member of a former president, and I am against that in the most heartfelt manner.    Second, she will be a divisive political figure whether she wants to be or not.   The neocon hate machine will pump their quarters into Rush, Coulter, and all the boys at the FOX network to ensure that.   Third,   Obama "Gets it".    I\'m sure you\'ve all read his opinion on the plans to invade Iraq, and were at least somewhat impressed with his dead on prediction of what it would become.   But please also read the following:<br><br><a href="http://www.lessig.org/blog/2008/01/barack_obamas_2002_speech.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lessig.org/blog/2008/01/barack_obama...</a><br><br>I don\'t support Obama because of the media hype.  I have listened to him, and his answers are my answers, he sees the actual problem and despite what all his detractors say, if you listen to him has stated quite clearly what his positions are and what his plans to fix things are.    If you think he hasn\'t listen again.   Read again.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146527" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146527" class="dsq-comment-message">To the extent that Damozel has described the behavior of Obama supporters toward undecideds and/or Hillary Clinton supporters, I completely agree with her characterization of that treatment.<br><br>To the extent that Clinton supporters (of which I\'ve never been one - I wanted Biden, Dodd or Richardson and thoroughly expected to vote for one of them in Ohio until I saw the sample ballot today and none of them are even on it!! - now I\'m really screwed!) really feel the way Damozel depicts them feeling, I imagine that for many, they do in fact feel that way.<br><br>I\'m not saying it\'s right that they do, but I can imagine how it IS that they do.<br><br>I will not have a problem voting for whomever is the Dem candidate in the general, but, as I just wrote elsewhere, I\'m very, very unhappy with the chiding and childishness of many, many of the Obama supporters who\'ve tangled with me.  And I have a hard time believing that Sen. Obama would be proud of them for what they\'ve done in his name.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146533">Slamfu</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146533" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh please, the Clinton campaign has been way more underhanded.    You wish to pin the passive aggressive label on Obama but the leaked ads about Obama being a muslim get a pass?   Gimme a break.   You seem to have no problem separating Clinton from her campaign, just make a small mental adjustment and you will be  able to do it for Obama or see that they are both getting nastier in the heat of the race.   Its pretty silly for you to not see that you\'re just giving your candidate a pass.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146534">Adnora</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146534" class="dsq-comment-message">I voted for Bill Clinton twice and with enthusiasm.  I have watched and sifted through much that has been written and spoken by and about both Clintons, disregarding the obvious rantings of the Clinto-hating right wing hit squad. The more I learned, the uglier they looked.  I have never been so disappointed or disillusioned by any politicians as by Bill and Hill, and that is saying a lot.  I think they are both very skilled politicians.  As an Obama supporter, i generally have seen very little negativism on blogs and boards written by other Obama supporters.  Not so the case with Clinton supporters.  If Obama wins, he\'ll have his work cut out for him.  If Obama wins I will celebrate a new beginning and hopefully roll up my sleeves and help the many who want to reclaim a governemnt of the people, for the people and by the people.  I hope with all my heart that Obama does win because he by far the superior candidate.  I also hope he wins because of what I have learned about the Clintons in all my years of observing their behavior and understanding their ruthless tactics.  I would love to itemize my  list of reasons to never vote Clinton again.  I do not know if this is the forum suitable for such an exchange.  I am amazed at how Clintons still have many loyal followers.  With all due respect I know you have been royally duped.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-146557" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146557" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146557" class="dsq-comment-message">"You know" someone has been royally duped?  That\'s rather omnipresent of you, Adnora.  We\'re capable of tolerating a pretty high level of cognitive dissonance and I would say that strong Clinton supporters have an extraordinary high tolerance for cognitive dissonance.  But I would never say that I KNOW they are being duped.  I\'d much sooner say that they know they\'re being duped and choose to accept the Clintons rather than the alternative.  They - the Clintons - do still have an awful lot of support.<br><br>Wow.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146575">cosmoetica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146575" class="dsq-comment-message">Jammer: \'"If they are niggerizing YOUR hubby, woukd you be even as gracious?"<br><br>Well, you and many others have attacked HIllary in the most vicious and vulgar ways, and we still declared we would support Obama in the GE, so the answer to your question is no, we were far more gracious. And what a thoroughly ugly phrase you used there. Its not only completely and totally wrong but insulting and in no way shape or form a useful advance in our national discourse. And how exactly to you expect to unify the party by accusing half of it of being racist?\'<br><br>You are utterly delusional if you think Obama\'s folks started the splitting. And the fact that so-called liberals like the Clintons are willing to use racial tactics if \'one of them\' gets in their way shows exactly why so many blacks distrust ALL whites. The Clintons are not David Duke, but there is still that hidden resentment if \'the other\' succeeds at their expense.<br><br>\'I would really appreciate hearing how this is so. I am not kidding. How exactly did they try to destroy Obama\'s "character" and "career"? I dont see it, sorry.\'<br><br>The BS about him equivocating on the war when Hillary did so, the BS that there os no substance to hi splans, which as a commenter above notes, are every bit as thorough as Hillary\'s- simply more innovative, the semiotic dance about race- Jesse Jackson, the smooth talker comment, and all the not so subtle racial and religious codewording.<br><br>Dam: \'He has benefited tremendously from the demonization of Hillary.\' As said by me and others, you simply have that backward. Blasting someone who demonizes you is not demonization but defense.<br><br>As for Obama supporters, the very claims against them are likely true, in small parts, as are similar claims about Hill supporters. But, look right in this thread, both Dam and Jill are doing the very childish fingerpointing they accuse the Obama folk of. <br><br>And they DO NOT see it!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146584">cosmoetica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146584" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill: "You know" someone has been royally duped? That\'s rather omnipresent <br><br>I think you mean omnipotent.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146589">Adnora</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146589" class="dsq-comment-message">Outrageous?  I don\'t know if it could be considered so.  Is it also outrageous to vote for someone whom you truly believe would be very bad as the leader of our government?  If it came down to the wire, I would really have a hard time bringing myself to vote for Clinton.  I could not  vote for McCain.  I know many folks who feel the same way. To us HRC is too similar to McCain/Bush in important areas of mindset and policy.  Her war approval was unbelievable. Her health "care" plan is unbelievable.  I am a doctor and I am dismayed at how insurance premiums have skyrocketed.  Many people can\'t afford to pay the premiums and pay rent.  This is a fact.  So what to do?  So let\'s just force them to pay anyway, and we\'ll call that "universal health care".  That appears to be what Clinton wants.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146592">Amanda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146592" class="dsq-comment-message">damozel, I just want to point out that in the vast majority of Obama\'s speeches and debate performances, he does in fact compliment Clinton on her campaign.  As far as I know, he has never come out in favor of bashing her or publicly said anything blatantly disparaging about her.  He obviously points out policy differences and he does talk about past decisions she has made that he disagrees with.  But that\'s the whole point of the campaign process - to learn about the candidates, their views, and what they hope to do as President.  It just seems unfair to me to expect Obama to make some kind of extra statement admonishing his own supporters when it\'s already clear that he respects Senator Clinton and wishes to lead a civil campaign.  We can\'t hold him accountable for the actions and words of others.  As for Michelle Obama\'s statement, well, I respect her candor in voicing that opinion.  Of course it would be difficult to support the woman who defeats your husband in a campaign.  And if Michelle Obama has the same questions about Hillary Clinton as many other do, then why should we expect her to automatically fall in line?<br><br>As for the complaints about Obama supporters, I haven\'t seen nearly as much heckling from them as I\'ve seen from some Republican and Clinton supporters.  I\'m a regular at a couple different blogs and various communities on LiveJournal and from what I\'ve seen, there are a lot more Obama supporters around, but mostly they\'re a pleasant (if over-zealous) bunch.  I\'ve also noticed that a lot of Clinton supporters tend to be more personally offended by pointed questions and honest differences of opinion than they really should be.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-146593" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146593" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146593" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL - you know - I was going to use omnipotent but I think omnipresent fits better.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146599">Adnora</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146599" class="dsq-comment-message">I know about being duped.  I was duped by Clintons for years and without being even a little omnipresent.  LOL!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146604" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146604" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo - what are you talking about???? "As for Obama supporters, the very claims against them are likely true, in small parts, as are similar claims about Hill supporters. But, look right in this thread, both Dam and Jill are doing the very childish fingerpointing they accuse the Obama folk of."<br><br>What fingerpointing??  Have you been following my blog and a few of the others in Ohio? My experience is real - it isn\'t about fingerpointing - I\'d be happy to give you a tour.  Trust me - the posts with which some Obama supporters have tried to provoke me are absolutely outrageous.  I don\'t need to fingerpoint - it\'s out in the open.  I\'m really not sure what your issue is with my comment.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146616">Adnora</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146616" class="dsq-comment-message">Omni whatever.  I am amazed at how people may know very little about the Clintons and are somehow attracted to the images they project.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-146630" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146630" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146630" class="dsq-comment-message">Adnora - again with the "knowing."  This is like the argument that if people just "knew" what gay people do, then they wouldn\'t approve of homosexuals.<br><br>That is just nonsense.  I know plenty about the Clintons and if it\'s Hillary v. McCain, I\'m voting for her.  If it\'s Obama v McCain, I\'m voting for him.<br><br>This really has very little to do with what people who support Clinton actually know - you are asserting that to support Clinton, you must not know anything.  Come on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-146644" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146644" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146644" class="dsq-comment-message">For example, isn\'t this a lovely way to support Barack Obama? of COURSE I\'m SURE Obama has nothing to do with it, but seriously - people want people to say race and gender don\'t matter, and then people whip up this kind of crap?  <br><br><a href="http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=902" rel="nofollow">http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?pro...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146651">Adnora</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146651" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe you mean omniscient?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-146668" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146668" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146668" class="dsq-comment-message">Can I just say I have a fever and assume you knew what I meant? :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146675">JWeidner</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146675" class="dsq-comment-message">Damozel, you may be right about the attitude of some Obama supporters.  There are certainly some fanatics out there.  But I\'d also suggest you check in at a site like <a href="http://hillaryis44.com" rel="nofollow">hillaryis44.com</a> for equally ridiculous examples of fanactical Hillary supporters.<br><br>My point being, both sides have people supporting them who make ridiculous claims, state they\'ll never support the other Democratic candidate should their favorite not win the nomination....the list goes on and on.<br><br>To claim that Obama is responsible in some way, or to suggest that Obama should do more to reign his supporters in, while ignoring Hillary\'s lack of effort at doing the same, strikes me as hypocritical.<br><br>Rather, you may as well just accept (as I do) that both Hillary and Obama are inspiring people across the country, and some of those people are becoming a bit "passionate" about who they support.  But at the end of the day, we each have a responsibility to vote only for the candidate we see as being the right one to lead the country.  The actions and/or slights (real or imagined) of one or the other\'s supporters should have no bearing on that decision.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146685" href="http://themoderatevoice.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">T-Steel</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146685" class="dsq-comment-message">It doesn\'t matter what the supporters say, Senator Obama routinely praises Senator Clinton in his speeches.  That\'s a fact.  And I see nothing from Senator Clinton that shows she feels Senator Obama is disrespecting her.  BUT I do see supporters on both sides ripping each other incessantly.  And that just plain sucks.<br><br>Jillmz, that t-shirt is tasteless and classless.  And if Senator Obama was endorsing them, I would be the first to rake him over the proverbial coals.  People that make t-shirts like that are agitators and inbeciles.  Bros before hoes????  Puh-leeze.  How about:<br><br>CLASSY BEFORE ASS-Y!<br><br>That\'s what I\'ll wear for those t-shirt losers.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146695" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146695" class="dsq-comment-message">"Senator Obama routinely praises Senator Clinton in his speeches. That\'s a fact. And I see nothing from Senator Clinton that shows she feels Senator Obama is disrespecting her."<br><br>I agree 100% with that, T_Steel (why an underscore - hyphens are so much easier!!).<br><br>Wouldn\'t it be nice to see what great t-shirt someone could come up with if, although I don\'t expect it to happen, but if they ran on the same ticket - of course the whole who is pres/vp issue - I can\'t imagine resolving that one!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146717">cosmoetica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146717" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill: I have not read your blog. I read TMV as a precis because it links to others, and folk like you recap things. I was referring to Dam\'s amd your portrayals of Obama folk as lumpenmenschen in their attitudes toward Hill, when the very fact of grouping them together is exactly what you are supposedly decrying in the Obama folk.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146721">Cupples</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146721" class="dsq-comment-message">Damozel\'s main point was NOT why people should support Hillary over Obama.  It was that some of Obama\'s more ardent "surrogates" and supporters have been DIVISIVE (e.g., insulting) to the point that it has created resentment toward Obama on the part of some Hillary supporters.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-146728" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146728" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo  - I am telling you that my experience with the Obama supporters in the Ohio blogs has been extremely difficult and they have repeatedly shown themselves to be avaricious. So yes - I am absolutely lumping together the ones I know from my experience.  I am sure that there are others who are not like them - I was speaking about my experience.  And I stand by my characterization of my experience.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146738">DLS</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146738" class="dsq-comment-message">The chance to be seen and heard in more than just a handful of quirky early-primary states has already made a striking difference for the Illinois Senator, who was the clear underdog when he entered the race. "What was a whisper has turned into a chorus," Obama told his hometown crowd in Chicago. <br><br>But a whisper, many would like to know, of what?<br><br><a href="http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=526&Itemid=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?opti...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146774">Davebo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146774" class="dsq-comment-message">Damozel,<br><br>I\'m going to go out on a limb and assume you have not visited this site yet.<br><br><a href="http://www.hillaryis44.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hillaryis44.com/</a><br><br>Perhaps it would help level out your views of the candidate\'s supportors.<br><br>Did you know that Obama has "has repeatedly insulted the voters of Florida and Michigan"?   Apparantly by living up to the agreement both he and Hillary made at the start of this campaign.<br><br>Really nice as well how they go all "Confederate Yankee" on Obama supporters such as Tim Russo.<br><br>Frankly, it looks a lot like a "Karl Rove Blog for Hillary" if you ask me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146785">Cupples</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146785" class="dsq-comment-message">T-Steel,  Good point re: supporters (not candidates) tearing each other apart.  Frankly, I\'d like to see a joint ticket, whoever wins the Dem primary,  because I think that\'s the best chance for the Dems to beat McCain.  <br><br>As many bloggers forget, many ordinary (i.e., non-wonks and non-bloggers) mis-perceive  McCain as a moderate or liberal.  This means that McCain will be able to peel off some Dem and Ind votes.  It would be harder for McCain to get Dem votes if the BO and HC supporters would stop going after each other.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146810">Cupples</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146810" class="dsq-comment-message">cosmoetica I agree with you about NAFTA and a few other things.  What I don\'t understand is the term "niggerizing."  What does it mean?  And what concrete actions did Hillary take to do that to him?<br><br>A completely new point: I\'m still troubled by the way that Obama\'s surrogates cried "racism" when Hillary said that MLK needed Johnson and Congress to get laws passed.  To me, her remark was part of her trying to say, "Hey, if I\'m president, I\'ll be helpful to reformers like MLK."  It was a nice message.<br><br>Somehow, Obama\'s bigger, media-tied supporters cried racism.  Why?  And what also troubles me is that Obama was the only one who could have quickly stepped in and put out the fire.  He didn\'t.<br><br>I know that my last point doesn\'t address yours, but your use of "niggerizing" reminded me of it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146846">shadrach</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146846" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess I just don\'t share the idea that she is a great executive, or has a record of getting things done.  It seems pretty clear from the dysfunctional campaign she has run --she has blown through a 20 plus lead and at least 120 million, its hard to see how the clinton\'s great experience has translated into anything effective.  In fact the clinton presidency was similarly hobbled by such leadership gaps.  The most blatant being the stupid impeachment, but the most damaging to the progressive cause was the debacle of arrogant overreach in 93, of which Hillary care was the most prominent.  We progressives have been on the defense ever since.  <br><br>The idea that just because she has survived her mistakes does not mean that she has learned anything.  Witness her blowing the very important Iraq call.  She may indeed have felt she needed to position herself as tough enough, but that would be a strike against her.  That war is costing billlions and thousands of lives, and engendering the world against us.  Not too mention our own betrayal of our principles.  This is not the call a good leader makes.  You could take a cynical note and suppose that she, knowing how incompetent the Bush team was, gambled on the war being a debacle allowing the democrats to sweep the nation in 08--now that would be a cunning strategy worthy of a great general, but I\'m not sure if you would be comfortable with such a thought.  If she were that capable she would have surely noted that that vote has allowed Obama to take all the voters to the left of her, while advocating policies to the right of her and boxing her into advocating health care to win back those leftest votes- shining light on her biggest debacle.  <br><br>She may be battle scared, and she may still win, but she is not effective, and she would not be a good president.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-146863">casualobserver</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-146863" class="dsq-comment-message">"It would be harder for McCain to get Dem votes if the BO and HC supporters would stop going after each other."<br><br>This could be true, so I think the pot should be further stirred.............<br><br>"I know it is tempting — after another presidency by a man named George Bush — to simply turn back the clock, and to build a bridge back to the 20th century," the Illinois senator said.<br>"... It\'s not enough to say you\'ll be ready from Day One — you have to be right from Day One," he added.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147033">pacatrue</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147033" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s good to see Democrats doing their best to rip one another apart here.<br><br>I have two comments to add. 1) To think that the Obama camp is somehow singly engaged in branding opposing candidates, Clinton in this case, negatively while the Clinton camp is engaged purely in the pursuit of high-minded ideals and goals seems... hard to believe, for lack of a better expression. Every example provided in the post can be matched with some similar examples on the other side.<br><br>2) I will agree with the post in that I have noticed a trend on this board among Obama supporters to think that support of Clinton isn\'t genuine. This is clearly wrong. Of course, this is matched by Clinton supporters on TMV posting about how Obama supporters are deluded by personality and charisma, or Republican supporters thinking people only vote Democratic due to their race, class, or being from some sort of lunatic (brainwashed?) fringe.<br><br>OK, I will add one thought. There was a moment in some debate where the moderator was berating (oops, I meant asking) Clinton about her relatively low likability ratings. Obama made some comment that he thought she was quite likeable. That was a bit too tepid to me. I would have liked someone to have made a much stronger statement, which is to reject likeability ratings completely. It\'s rather offensive to me, honestly, to tell someone on national TV that a lot of people don\'t like you. It\'s rude at least and largely irrelevant to the issue at hand, being President. Communication and leadership is important, but each candidate\'s job is to display that, not give answers about what they will do about their likeability rating.<br><br>For the record, I will likely vote for Obama, but find Clinton plenty "likeable" as well as possessing some useful experience. I just think Obama offers a better direction for the country than Clinton. I do however think she offers a better direction than McCain and so will vote for her if that\'s the choice given to me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147141">Slamfu</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147141" class="dsq-comment-message">I really think Clinton should have come clean on her war vote.   Basically something along the lines of "that was the stupidest thing I have ever done."   If you can\'t admit a mistake like that with the glaring spotlight of hindsight showing you the way you really aren\'t much better than the flunkies in the Bush administration.   Again, Obama saw the writing on the wall with that one, went on record about it and history has born him out.   Bash on his lack of experience all you want, but he seems to get it right the first time.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147151" class="dsq-comment-message">mickey21, I find it hard to believe you would vote for 4 (if not 8) more years of Republican management of this nation.  Whatever image McCain (ie: Maverick) has built for himself, ideologically, he\'s not that different from President Bush.  That you, a self-professed life-long Democrat would throw the Democratic party under the bus just because your preferred candidate didn\'t get the nod speaks more about your own weaknesses and prejudices than either Democratic candidate.<br><br>I will say, upfront, that I have, and will continue to support Obama.  But if he doesn\'t get the nod, I will vote for Clinton in the general.  Not because I am a party-line voter (I\'m an independent), but because I could not, in all good conscience, hand the reins of this country over to John McCain.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147174">Cupples</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147174" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmoetica: I disagree about the LBJ remark.  WHen I heard her say it, it sounded like she was saying, "Hey, I would be cooperative with reformers such as MLK."  Maybe I had wax in my ears.<br><br>I agree that Obama expressed opposition to the Iraq war in a speech in 2002,  BUT he wasn\'t voting on it then and risking the pre-Katrina Rove machine\'s calling him a traitor if he voted against it.  <br><br>In 2004, Obama did say that he wasn\'t sure how he would have voted if he\'d been in the senate in 2002: I\'ve heard that he was being nice to Kerry -- ok.  HOWEVER, he also said in 2004 that his position on the war was not that different from GWB\'s.  That\'s noticeably different from the claim "I\'ve been against it from the start." <br><br>See meet the press re: Obama\'s 2004 statements (about 1/3 of the way down):<br><a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/11/sweet_blog_extra_obama_on_meet.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/11/sweet_b...</a><br><br>See Boston Globe re: his support of war funding (like Clinton\'s)<br><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/03/20/obamas_record_shows_caution_nuance_on_iraq/" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/ar...</a><br><br>I already know that Hillary voted for the war, and i was disgusted that she likely did it for political reasons, but my point isn\'t who was better re: the war.  Given that their war votes since 2005 have been largely the same, I\'d say that NEITHER of them was better on that issue.  But that\'s just me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147252">Slamfu</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147252" class="dsq-comment-message">But to be fair he explained why he was downplaying his opposition to the war.   That particular interview was during the democratic convention and he was trying to not put the presidential and vp nominees, both of whom voted for the war, on the spot.   Which makes sense.   As far as the war votes since then even the democrats don\'t simply want to yank funding for the troops while they are out in combat.   It would be seen quite literally as not supporting the troops and rightly so.  There needs to be a consensus between Congress and the White House when we pull out of Iraq, its going to be ugly.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147270" class="dsq-comment-message">Does anyone else notice this contradiction?  Clinton supporters cannot brag about how she\'s "battle tested" and "experienced," especially against the Republican smear machine, and then whine and bellyache about how mean and uncivil Obama has been during the primary, and how rude and sexist the media has been to Hillary.  I\'m an Obama supporter but am willing to acknowledge Hillary has done great, especially since many people (such as Andrew Sullivan) think that Hillary is a high priestess of Cthulu and sacrifices babies in pagan blood rites under the new moon.<br><br>Also, Dem supporters of both candidates have shrieked about how the opposing Dem candidate is secretly a Republican or Bush-Lite, to which I respond, THEY (the candidates) DON\'T HAVE A CHOICE.  Both Clinton and Obama have had to lurch to the right, even in the primaries, to appeal to a broader swath of voters who may otherwise be reluctant to vote for a woman or a black man.<br><br>The Republicans may have their strongest candidate in play in the general election, but no matter who the Dem nominee is, they will have more organization, more money, more volunteers, and more turnout than the Republicans, which bodes well in November.  Despite being "weak on national security," I think the Dems will win, if only that the public is sick of foreign policy misadventures and want some actual domestic policy pursued.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-147333" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147333" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo - you can believe me or not.  Send me an email address and I\'ll send you the links to the offensive posts.  Yes - they are avaricious. Or maybe I just have a fever.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-147384" href="http://themoderatevoice.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">T-Steel</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147384" class="dsq-comment-message">I think this argument is pointless (all due respect to fellow co-blogger Damozel).  I feel  that many Clinton and Obama supporters are hypersensitive due to this historic race for the nomination.  It\'s obvious.<br><br>Neither Clinton nor Obama are entitled to the nomination based on race and sex.  Neither.  People are voting who THEY want to vote for.  All of this back-biting is depressingly horizontal.  If you are a Democrat, your candidate loses, and you then switch to McCain, you aren\'t a Democrat in the first place.  And that goes for Clinton AND Obama supporters.<br><br>How do ya like that?!?  So there?!?  Got somethin\' to say?!?  Yeah?!?  Bring it!!<br><br>LOL...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147400">kali</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147400" class="dsq-comment-message">I am bewildered with all the rudeness and nastiness thrown at the Clintons.  I agree with the author, what shall I do if Obama were to be nominated.  I think hard, and decided that perhaps let a republican clean up their own mess.  I see Obama as a Big Mac, all colorful void of nutritions.  Big Mac is a big success but the result is gagantuan public health problem: diabetics among youth to name one.  If one listened closely to his so call charisma and speeches, he said nothing.  His campaign will sling the racist stone at anyone that dare to mention that he used drugs even though he admitted using drugs in his youth.  If he was truly a community organizer, he would not be able to amess wealth, 1.6 million dollar homes.  Besides his advisors are leftover clinton\'s staff, they got their experience from Clinton.  So where is the CHANGE!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-147421" href="http://themoderatevoice.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">T-Steel</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147421" class="dsq-comment-message">Will everyone stop with the <b>all style no substance</b> angle about Senator Obama?!  He has told you his positions in debates.  What else do you want?<br><br>See it\'s both ways.  I\'m sorry Damozel.  But an Obama fan can write the exact same thing as you.  And there were be 50+ comments and rising.  And I\'ll say it again, Senator Obama has praised Senator Clinton numerous times in his speeches.  And Senator Clinton hasn\'t shown ANY sign that she feels disrespected by Senator Obama.  THAT IS A FACT!   Romney vs. McCain was MUCH nastier.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147445">flyerhawk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147445" class="dsq-comment-message">Insult and outrage is in the eye of the beholder. Many Clinton supporter I have dealt with seem more than comfortable with referring to Obama supporters as cult members.  They are fine comparing Obama to George Bush, as you did yourself Dam.<br><br>I think what it really boils down to is that  a lot of Hillary supporters feel betrayed by Obama because they felt that it was Hillary\'s turn.  Obama wasn\'t supposed to be a legitimate challenger for the nomination.  He was supposed to be the standard cannon fodder that most secondary candidates are in the primaries.<br><br>So as the tide continues to turn towards Obama, Hillary supporters are increasingly lashing out at him for being unfair or for being divisive.   Whereas 2 months ago these supporters many of these same Hillary supporters were saying things like "politics ain\'t beanbag" and "if Obama thinks this is bad wait till he faces the Republican candidate", today the roles have reversed and the Hillary supporters are the aggrieved victim.<br><br>The Clinton campaign made some strategic blunders.  They thought that the experience argument would defeat the hope theme.  Problem is that most people weren\'t all that impressed with Hillary\'s experience either.  <br><br>I really have no idea why you think that Michelle Obama\'s comment is all that noteworthy.  You mentioned it several times.  Why should I care, even assuming that I take your interpretation at face value which I don\'t?<br><br>You speak of the countless transgressions by Obama supporters as being unforgivable.  What of the NH co-chair who suggested that Obama was unelected because of his drug use?  What of Robert Johnson who suggested that Obama was busy using drugs while Hillary was doing real work?  What of the Clinton Campaign finance chair sending out an email from a pretty out there blog making all sorts of sinister accusations about Obama\'s secret ties to Muslims?    What of Bill Clinton consistently saying racially insensitive comments to tamp down support for Obama?<br><br>And what will you say of the almost certain run of attacks that will be coming out the Clinton campaign in the coming weeks?  <br><br>Politics isn\'t pretty.  But for the most part this has been a tepid primary run.  Neither candidate engaged in the mudslinging for the most part.  <br><br>If you want your betrayal to define you going forward this year, that\'s you choice.  But I certainly will not feel ashamed for supporting Obama simply because Hillary was supposed to win.<br><br>Oh and if you want some examples of some truly hatefilled stuff go check out <a href="http://www.hillaryis44.com" rel="nofollow">www.hillaryis44.com</a> and then come back to us and tell us that it is the Obama supporters that are lowering the bar.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-147516" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147516" class="dsq-comment-message">"Romney vs. McCain was MUCH nastier."  wrote T_Steel - absolutely true.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147533">BBQ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147533" class="dsq-comment-message">Only because conservatives didn\'t want McCain. It\'s not like they loved Romney. This one is a more because people are absolutely obsessed about Obama to the point that they have forgotten that Clinton is still a respectable candidate and they should be happy either way.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147544" class="dsq-comment-message">Cupples: \'Cosmoetica: I disagree about the LBJ remark. WHen I heard her say it, it sounded like she was saying, "Hey, I would be cooperative with reformers such as MLK." Maybe I had wax in my ears.\'<br><br>No, you\'re simply not attuned to doublespeak, nor the way wealthy and privileged whites really feel about blacks and their accomplishments. I often argue over race and white reactions to it, and whether or not Northerners or Southerners deal w it better. Hill\'s LBJ dance was classic paternalistic White BS. At least recalcitrant Southern whites are honest about their hate or uneasiness.<br><br>Jill: I don\'t care about posts outside this thread, but what the hell does the lust for money have to do with Obama supporters or Clinton? Explain what the connection is, and why this is a negative, because it\'s simply a bizarre claim.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147558" class="dsq-comment-message">I like flyerhawk\'s first paragraph in particular. Obama supporters have been called cultists often; -----1 on a different thread called Obama\'s speeches vapid; ----2 has suggested in posts that Obama is all style with no substance; all of this hinting that people who think Obama would make a good president are almost irrational followers of a personality magnet. (I just took the names out of my comment, because I don\'t want this to become personal. Hope it doesn\'t confuse.)<br><br>All that said, Clinton supporters are being attacked by Obama supporters as well. It\'s a genuine thing and I understand they can get fed up with it. Pointing out ill behavior on one side doesn\'t remove the ill behavior of the other side. I don\'t see any use in getting into a "which supporters are ruder than other supporters" war, particularly when these two candidates share many of the same basic policy initiatives. I do hope that people will continue to come on to TMV and give reasons why Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, or Paul would make the best President for the nation, however.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147568" class="dsq-comment-message">Modifying BBQ\'s statement a bit with my additions in brackets, "This one is a more because [some[ people are absolutely obsessed about Obama [or their favorite candidate] to the point that they have forgotten that Clinton [or the opposing candidate] is still a respectable candidate and they should be happy either way[, and vice versa]." (My additions are not intended to represent BBQ\'s thoughts, as BBQ can express him or herself just fine. They are intended to add my perception to his or her nice comment.)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-147621" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147621" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo - I\'m using it in this sense, from Merriam Webster online:<br><br>"excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain" - and there are other definitions out there that indicate the meaning of the word related to gain, not necessarily wealth.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147665" class="dsq-comment-message">My wife is a big supporter of Clinton and after Richardson pulled out I was leaning her direction. However, after Hillary\'s appeal to to seat the Florida and Michigan delegates, Clinton lost both of our support for her devious and underhanded approach. Simply put you cannot change the rules after the game has started and particularly in the case of Michigan where hers was the only name on the ballot. Seating the Michigan delegates and having votes under those circumstances reminds me of the old USSR elections.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-147696" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147696" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo  - you are getting so far away from the original sentence in which I used the word. I wrote:<br><br>"Cosmo - I am telling you that my experience with the Obama supporters in the Ohio blogs has been extremely difficult and they have repeatedly shown themselves to be avaricious."<br><br>They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate\'s gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.<br><br>I wasn\'t talking about Obama. I wasn\'t talking about Clinton.  I was talking about a very discrete group of individuals.  <br><br>You are totally losing it here - I\'ve never, ever written a "pro-Hill post" - seriously - what are you talking about?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147720" class="dsq-comment-message">It is interesting how many of the critics of Obama forget about the Clinton camp\'s move concerning Michigan and Florida, including Hillary campaigning in Florida. That one really bugged me. Almost as much as those who are willing to see a virtual Bush clone in the White House in the name of their anger.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-147735" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147735" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a nifty trick but hey, I\'ll republish my answer:<br><br>Cosmo - you are getting so far away from the original sentence in which I used the word. I wrote:<br><br>"Cosmo - I am telling you that my experience with the Obama supporters in the Ohio blogs has been extremely difficult and they have repeatedly shown themselves to be avaricious."<br><br>They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate\'s gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.<br><br>I wasn\'t talking about Obama. I wasn\'t talking about Clinton. I was talking about a very discrete group of individuals.<br><br>You are totally losing it here - I\'ve never, ever written a "pro-Hill post" - seriously - what are you talking about?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-147740" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147740" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow - ok- well - I guess i\'m just driving up the count here - T_Steel - I am trying to reply to Cosmo here but his/her post keeps getting pushed to the end somehow - please feel free to delete all my multiple except that come after his, which I\'m trying to answer in sequence - sorry for the confusion to readers.<br><br>Here\'s my reply to his post that ends with "pro-Hill post."<br><br>Cosmo - you are getting so far away from the original sentence in which I used the word. I wrote:<br><br>"Cosmo - I am telling you that my experience with the Obama supporters in the Ohio blogs has been extremely difficult and they have repeatedly shown themselves to be avaricious."<br><br>They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate\'s gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.<br><br>I wasn\'t talking about Obama. I wasn\'t talking about Clinton. I was talking about a very discrete group of individuals.<br><br>You are totally losing it here - I\'ve never, ever written a "pro-Hill post" - seriously - what are you talking about?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147799" class="dsq-comment-message">Jim,<br>Sorry McCain isn\'t a Bush clone. No he isn\'t your progressive anti-war liberal but that isn\'t coming out of the GOP in the next 100 years either.<br><br>Cosmo,<br>Why do they need to dig when you have already dug a big enough hole?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147821" class="dsq-comment-message">Flyerhawk, you\'re right: there are emotionally charged attacks from both candidates\' supporters. <br><br>I don\'t think  Bill or Hillary brought racism into the campaign.  As I recall, the MEDIA created the issue after Hillary made the factual, non-racist comment involving LBJ and MLK ( my paraphrasing): Reformers like MLK need presidents like LBJ, and I would be one (a positive message that some people twisted beyond recognition).  <br><br>Michelle Obama\'s comment was a big deal, as it sounds like a message to supporters to stay home if Hillary wins.  That message is a slap to the roughly 50% of Dems who now support Hillary: it\'s like saying, "We\'re in it to win, and we don\'t give a damn about the rest of you Dems if we don\'t win."  THAT\'s hugely divisive, and it came from the candidate\'s wife. [Remember, Bill\'s words are imputed to Hillary, so Michelle\'s are equally imputed to Barack.]<br><br>Frankly, I\'d like to see a joint ticket -- whoever takes the top spot. <br><br>On another note, I\'ve been troubled by Obama\'s tendency to make comparisons that don\'t quite gel with reality (NO OFFENSE to his supporters).  Examples:<br><br>1.  He implied that his hands were much cleaner than Hillary\'s re: corporate and lobbyist money -- though he\'s taken a healthy share.  Hillary has too, but she didn\'t start the false comparison. <br><br>2.  He implied that he is better re: the Iraq war, though a) his neck wasn\'t on the line with an actual vote in the pre-Katrina climate, and b) his and Hillary\'s war-related votes since 2005 have been about the same.  The upshot: NEITHER candidate is an anti-war activist\'s dream. <br><br>3.  He claimed during the campaign that he stood up to the nuclear power industry, and he did -- AT FIRST.  In the end, he rewrote the bill to give the industry what it wanted (i.e., don\'t FORCE us to actually report small radioactive leaks).  I DON\'T BLAME Obama for his original version\'s being sunk by fellow legislators.  I DO blame him for posturing as though he had not ultimately capitulated. Here\' s the link: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/03exelon.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/0...</a><br><br>My point is NOT that Hillary is better on all issues. Mmy point is that Obama had no business claiming that he was somehow untainted when he wasn\'t -- and yet, the media is buying and amplifying it (which isn\'t his fault, I know).  Still, it\'s frustrating to witness.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147909" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmoetica:<br><br>I am "digging myself in deeper", how?  <br><br>I expressed an opinion.  You do not agree.   It\'s fine with me if you differ.  You haven\'t said anything to change my mind---you seem to think that it\'s because I don\'t understand, when it\'s just that I don\'t accept how you\'re framing the facts. <br><br>I am pro-Hillary, as between Hillary and Obama.   That\'s not something I am going to apologize for.   I imagine I\'ve gone into the facts at least as thoroughly as you, but my conclusions are different.   Each must choose her own best option.<br><br>The day may come when something happens to change my mind---but it won\'t come from something someone says to change my mind, because I\'ve pretty thoroughly looked into the facts.  It\'ll have to come from Obama himself or from Hillary.<br><br>I do get that you dislike Hillary and like Obama.  <br><br>I hope I come to like Obama too.  But people who bash Hillary repeatedly aren\'t making me like him better.  Rather the reverse.  Which was the point of my post.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148063" class="dsq-comment-message">cupples,<br><br>I don\'t expect any candidate to be pure as a driven snow.   He is cultivating his image just as Hillary is trying to cultivate her image as the wise and experienced leader.  <br><br>I think that people try to take individual quotes and extrapolate them into larger messages.  Michelle Obama said she would have to think about working to support Clinton.  So what?  She is the wife of someone running for President.   <br><br>She is NOT a former President of the United States so I think it is a little silly to try and put her on similar footing as Bill.  <br><br>FTR, the MLK comment was simply a misstep by Hillary and on its own it would have disappeared.  But then came the NH co-chairs comments,  Then came the Robert Johnson.  Then came Bill\'s utterly stupid comparison of Obama to Jackson.  <br><br>If you allow the media to create a narrative, they will.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148141" class="dsq-comment-message">Flyerhawk, I remember Hillary and Barack at a debate (sitting down) being asked if they would support each other after one of them wins the primary.  They both managed to skirt the question without in indicating that they might not support each other and without stating that they would.  They even said nice things about each other in that moment.<br><br>Mrs. Obama could have done likewise at GMA: it was a scheduled interview. She CHOSE not to go that way.  I was just a small-time candidate (once), but I never went to a scheduled interview without a good idea of what I would and wouldn\'t say.  The Obamas (and Clintons) have far more at stake than I did. <br><br>Whether Bill was president or not doesn\'t relate to my point, which was that now -- as a husband and campaign volunteer -- his words have been imputed to Hillary.  The same is true for Michell/Barack (and would be of the McCains, if Mrs. McCain actually spoke).<br><br>Anyway, I still hope we\'ll see a joint ticket, whoever wins top slot.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148169" class="dsq-comment-message">Firehawk, I failed to address a few of your points.  Sorry.<br><br>The drug comments were low blows.  Period.  I didn\'t like the comments when I heard them. They weren\'t racist, though, just hypocritical (only by association) given Hillary\'s own husband\'s admission about marijuana.  <br><br>I CAN see how the Jessie Jackson comment might have been construed as racist.  He should have picked someone else to illustrate that winning South Carolina doesn\'t mean one will win the nation.<br><br>I don\'t think the MLK comment was a mis-step: she was stating that she would be helpful to such reformers in a practical way.  Some of Obama\'s media-linked supporters ignored crucial parts of her statement, began screaming, and the media amplified it. <br><br>Like you, I don\'t expect candidates to be pure as driven snow. and if they\'re not, it\'s not wise for them to falsely imply that their opponents are "dirty" on the very same issues regarding which they, themselves, have dirt in their history.  That\'s as hypocritical as IF (note the "if") Bill Clinton had accused Barack of being a womanizer or deal cutter.<br><br>Hillary didn\'t pounce on Barack over political donations or the war until AFTER he tried to pass himself off not only untainted but also comparatively cleaner than she is.  He opened the door on that one.  Can you think of a reason that she should not have reacted with counterpoints?<br><br>Again, I\'m not trying to argue here that one is a ton better than the other overall; I\'m just pointing out that some of Obama\'s actics have smacked of hypocrisy -- again, NO OFFENSE to his supporters, who aren\'t responsible for the  candidate\'s choices.<br><br>Does anyone really "let" the media create narratives?  They seem to do it on their own -- without regard for objections from folks like you and me.  As Fox and Limbaugh have shown for years, people who don\'t do their own research often don\'t know that they\'re being misled (or manipulated or lied to).  They turn on the TV, see guys and gals wearing suits and using crisp diction, and they think they\'re getting facts.   Go figure!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148259" class="dsq-comment-message">MCCAIN DEMOCRAT.<br>VOTE MCCAIN<br><br>I am infuriated by the treatment of Hillary by the Democrats.  I was not a strong Clinton supporter when this began but have rallied to her.  The Clinton\'s lead over a strong economy and left office with a surplus, taking office after 12 yrs of Republicans.  The Obama Dems are acting like crude idiots in their treatment of the Clintons and "Clinton Rules"<br><br>Obama was just an Illinois state senator just 4 yrs ago....He is being compared to JFK, but what did JFK do in the short time he was in office besides Bay of Pigs and gross adultery.  I am an educated White Male.<br><br>Although I am a lifelong democrat but voting for MCCAIN if Obama wins the nomination.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-148555">cosmoetica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148555" class="dsq-comment-message">As for media narratives, most people do let themselves be guided by outside things. Most people do not think for themselves, in their personal nor professional lives, so why would their voting record be any different. Humans are lazy- be they R, D, or I.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-148655" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148655" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo - we\'re simply not reading and/or talking abou the same blog or the same thread.  Your comments about what you say you\'ve observed me writing about do not resonate with what\'s actually in here.  But thank you for giving my feelings so much time.  I\'m not sure why they befuddle you so.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148737" class="dsq-comment-message">cupples,<br><br>Thank you for the thoughtful response.  I think we are generally in agreement but simply finding differences on the edges.  <br><br>I believe there is a tendency to see base motives in other candidates while seeing only high moral motives from the candidate we have chosen.  And in the world of blogs it is that much more pervasive because so many blogs tend to being egregiously biased.  They spin stories to favor their candidates.  I have been posting on TalkLeft for a few weeks in an attempt to temper the fervent pro-Clinton anti-Obama rhetoric there.  And I can tell you that there are certain known facts about both campaigns that cannot be challenged because they are entrenched matters of faith.  <br><br>I really do believe that some people are far better at controlling the media narrative.   Ronald Reagan was exceptionally good.   John Kerry was horrible at it. Certainly how the media views the person is a factor.  But some people treat the media with disdain and really don\'t care how they are portrayed.  The current President is a good example of this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148741" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill, again:<br><br>How is the supporter of any politician, by using your definition of avarice, not avaricious. They all want to see their guy/gal get power. That\'s what politics is about. It\'s when power is the only driving force, which far more resembles Hill and her crowd than the Obama folk, whom the Hill folk accuse of naive te and idealism, even ripping him and them for it.<br><br>Do you not admit that the Hill folk have chided Obama folk as idealistic dreamers?  So, you are saying, that in online arguments, most O folk are not that, but rapacious power-hungry sociopaths, of a sort. But, that\'s not so of Hillary folk, even if we accept your syllabus of the argument.<br><br>Even the worst Right Wingers who post here- Superdestroyer with his racial paranoia, and DLS with his Right Wing comments, I would not describe as avaricious in support of this or that folk, so again the claim seems strained.<br><br>Can you link to specific comments where this rapacious Obama support resides. And, if so, what makes you think that is the majority, when you have objected to similar sweeping statements against others?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148970" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack voted time and again to assist Bush in this mess. He delivered his FLIP, uncourageous anti-war speech in 2002, then he FLOPPED right into the Senate and voted lock-step with Hillary to fund the war. If he wants to use all that money to build bridges, he should never have funded the war and taken a principled stand like Dennis Kucinich. "Punishing/supporting" the troops is a B.S. kowtowing line. Look to see much more kowtowing from Barack going forward.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-149088" class="dsq-comment-message">So sayeth a Clintonista.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-149239">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-149239" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-149239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-149239">Jane</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-149239" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-149239" class="dsq-comment-message">Who is Obama before some partisans from the democrat party decide to find another alternative to her candidacy. Obama supporters repeat the same slogan : she is divisive. The divisive ones are likely to be the medical lobby who want to put an end to her health care plan, which they already did 15 years ago. The divisive used to be the republicans who hated her and put in lots of means and money to find nothing to say much about whitewater. The people who keep up this slogan seem to recite a lesson without actual proof. <br>And what about Irak war? Any of Obama supporters dare say that in the heat and terror of 9/11 and the speculations about Saddam Hussein mass destruction weapons never think a minute the war might be necessary?  And to say they would support Mc Cain if Obama is not the nominee, knowing Mc Cain\'s positions on the war show their inconsistency. At least the Hillary supporters who say the same on their side seem more consistent, not that they support the war but never use that as an argument against her. <br>There is a spell cast on this election, and that is the work of the irrational on the mass . In either case the divisivness and partisanship inside the democrat party itself will turn against the democrats themselves. <br>Now to this point, it seems like none of them will coalisce all the democrat votes . The democrats are very good at paving the road for the republicans. What\'s wrong with Hillary as president and Obama as VP, time and experience can only work in his favor to get full support from all (minority immigrants, hispanic and Hillary supporters). <br>Instead a young inexperienced senator who already thinks he is the One for America while he helps bring out partisanship and division. Many can do with Mc Cain. The democrats should do a little more sociological studies, psychological and cultural research about their voters.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-149563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-149563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-149563" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-149563" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo - people are going to start talking, and on Valentine\'s Day no less.<br><br>1. My comments? My words. I stand by avaricious regardless of how many people it describes. That\'s my observation. I take responsibility for it.<br><br>2. I never said any of this or intimated any of it, so don\'t put words or ideas into my comments that aren\'t there in the first place: "Do you not admit that the Hill folk have chided Obama folk as idealistic dreamers? So, you are saying, that in online arguments, most O folk are not that, but rapacious power-hungry sociopaths, of a sort. But, that\'s not so of Hillary folk, even if we accept your syllabus of the argument."<br><br>3. This describes your threshold, to which you are entitled. "Even the worst Right Wingers who post here- Superdestroyer with his racial paranoia, and DLS with his Right Wing comments, I would not describe as avaricious in support of this or that folk, so again the claim seems strained."<br><br>4. I invited you a several comments ago to look at the instances to which I\'m referring.  Go look at <a href="buckeyestateblog.com" rel="nofollow">Buckeye State Blog.</a>  Just search on "clinton."<br><br>5.  Again - I never said anywhere at anytime to anyone anything that would indicate i felt this way.  How it is that you make such an assertion, I can\'t say. "And, if so, what makes you think that is the majority, when you have objected to similar sweeping statements against others?"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-149952" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-149952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-149952" href="http://writeslikeshetalks.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jillmz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-149952" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-149952" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo - we\'re wasting bandwidth here e-mail if you have something you want to continue.  If the link didn\'t work, google it.  Sheesh. jillzimon AT mac DOT com</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-151140">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-151140" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-151140" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-151140">DAMOZEL</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-151140" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-151140" class="dsq-comment-message">Cosmo:  <br>Feel free to assume that I will take it as read from now on that you will disagree with everything I say. <br><br>Yes, I am \'nakedly biased.\'   This is a blog.  These are opinion pieces.  It would be wrong of me to pretend to be detached when I am not.   Others, including you, are free to differ.  Your information may be different or your premises may be wrong.  As for naked bias, go back and read your own comments.  They\'re the best retort .  <br><br>I have no intention of defending my opinions to you.  I do not find your arguments persuasive, but that may be because of the sneering tone.  As I asserted in the piece, "You are too stupid to see the light" never strikes me as particularly persuasive.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-147013">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-147013" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-147013" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147013">cosmoetica</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-147013" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147013" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill:<br><br>\'Avaricious?\' Obama supporters are greedy, and this stirs you? Or are you suffering from definitionitis?<br><br>Cupples: Niggerizing means to try to drag Obama down with assorted means of imputing bad things on him based on race- subtly, tangentially, or not- such as \'The BS about him equivocating on the war when Hillary did so, the BS that there os no substance to hi splans, which as a commenter above notes, are every bit as thorough as Hillary\'s- simply more innovative, the semiotic dance about race- Jesse Jackson, the smooth talker comment, and all the not so subtle racial and religious codewording.\'<br><br>As for the LBJ thing, no one disputes LBJ championed the passage of laws, but w/o MLK he\'d\'ve done nada. It\'s the imputation of a plantation type mentality, that sans LBJ the Civil Rights Movement wd have failed. That was nonsense and the doublespeak that blacks hear all the time from even well menaing whites who know better or not.<br><br>Shadrach: yes, Hillary has a meager 7 years as a legislator, in 60 years alive. Obama has more legislative experience. But Hill tries to download Bill\'s \'experience\' as her own. It\'s utterly absurd, but necessary since her track record in office is rather pedestrian. And her leadership skills are no better.<br><br>Mickey21: I smell a Clintonista plant.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-147647" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-147647" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-147647">cosmoetica</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-147647" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-147647" class="dsq-comment-message">And how Jill, is Hillary\'s unending quest to be Prez, at the exclusion of anything else, not up to your definition?<br><br>This is like not liking cetaceans, and ripping Flipper when Moby-Dick\'s in the pool.<br><br>Both you and dam are digging yourselves in deeper with every pro-Hill post.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-148550">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-148550" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-148550" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-148550">cosmoetica</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-148550" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-148550" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill: \'They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate\'s gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.<br><br>I wasn\'t talking about Obama. I wasn\'t talking about Clinton. I was talking about a very discrete group of individuals.<br><br>You are totally losing it here - I\'ve never, ever written a "pro-Hill post" - seriously - what are you talking about?<br>reply\'<br><br>Again, how is the supporter of any politician, by using your definition of avarice, not avaricious. They all want to see their guy/gal get power. That\'s what politics is about. It\'s when power is the only driving force, which far more resembles Hill and her crowd than the Obama folk, whom the Hill folk accuse of naive te and idealism, even ripping him and them for it. <br><br>So, they are avaricious and naive and idealistic. Which? What have all your posts here been but blatantly pro-Hill? Hello....<br><br>BBQ- I\'ve not duh anything, I\'ve watched Dam and Jill distort with spade and fork, and simply am calling the instruments by name.<br><br>Dam: You did express an opinion, and a nakedly biased one which you have been called on, by me and others. And while I will vote for O come Texas primary, I am under no illusions that he\'s a savior, but he\'s far and away the best of the 3 major candidates, for reasons I and others have enumerated in the past. Like has nothing to do with it. He could be an asshole in person. I don\'t care, but he has the best ideas and temperament to be the 44th Prez.<br><br>It\'s this conflation of \'liking\' candidates with their real world qualifications that leads to so many probs. Yes, I think W- as big a moron as he is, is more likable than Gore or Kerry, but most of the folk who voted for that reason alone likely regret it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-149618">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-149618" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-149618" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-149618">cosmoetica</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-149618" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-149618" class="dsq-comment-message">Jane: I never thought it was possible to slur a typed word, but yuo did so.<br><br>1)  You are missing the point re; avaricious. How does that describe Obama folk and not Clintonistas or McCain supporters or any supporters?<br><br>2) I prefaced the quoted part with \'Do you not admit that the Hill folk have....\' which indicates I am not stating you said that.  Then we get back top avariciouus, where you typed, \'They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate\'s gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.\' about the Obama folk. How does that not square with \'but rapacious power-hungry sociopaths, of a sort.\' You are dancing semantically, but not quick enough to not trip on your own claims.<br><br>3) It is mu threshold. The point?<br><br>4) Your link points to a blank page.<br><br>5) I copied and pasted your quote: \'They have shown themselves to have an insatiable desire for their candidate\'s gain in exchange for anything resembling a civil discourse among people in the same political party.\'<br><br>How is that NOT a sweeping statement?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-150442">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-150442" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-150442" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-150442">cosmoetica</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-150442" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-150442" class="dsq-comment-message">You may be wasting bandwidth, but I\'m asking clear and direct questions to things you typed. Evade if you wish, but that\'s your onus.</div>\
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