document.write("<script language=\"javascript1.2\" type=\"text/javascript\">function emo_pop() {window.open('http://www.haloscan.com/commenthelp.php','Help','width=200,height=320,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}</script><table width=\"97%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"MainTable\">  <tr>    <td>    <div align=\"center\">    </div>    </td>  </tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"26926\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=51158eafc3a211e4e996ee99f9476102&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Bethany, excellent work.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           The Ghost of Thomas Paine | 05.19.09 - 5:42 pm | <a href=\"#26926\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"26935\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=eb52c28b1024755d507d7d30964a5436&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />According to my neice from Saigon who texted me from Tel Aviv where she runs a brothel (Kosher) and reads Tarot tea leaves in reflecting pool 'swim-a-thons' (don't ask), Glenn was no longer thinking young when Hubert Humphrey was running against Richard Nixon.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           'Peaches' Maria Stein-H'uang | 05.19.09 - 9:07 pm | <a href=\"#26935\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"26975\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=5a00ce57b493ee7603021f2928717d4a&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />He does -- or did -- tend to lob a bomb then run away. And, talk about bizarre: He apparently found it in his best interest for his wife to come to his frequent defense.<br><br>He's sort of like Wick's understudy. But even Wick would defend himself, although he clearly found it beneath his dignity.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           Daniel | 05.20.09 - 11:41 am | <a href=\"#26975\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"27092\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4d01556914200a109ad3ae1768b97dad&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Actually, about 1/2 of the staff could not defend themselves very well when comments were on. Glenn liked to cut off debate with terse answers and sign offs like, \"thanks for asking.\" Tim deleted comments, which fulfilled his passive-aggressive needs. Towards the end of the comment era, and especially during his infamous debate with Angela Hunt, Wick was using pseudonyms to attack people.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           khalid | 05.23.09 - 3:02 am | <a href=\"#27092\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr>    <td class=\"InputCell\">                  <br /><div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 260px;\"><a href=\"http://www.futureofinfluencesummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/fio_banner_260x100.gif\" width=\"260\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\"/></a></div><br /><div id=\"newcomment\"></div><form method=\"post\" name=\"addComment\" action=\"http://www.haloscan.com/comments/bethanymanderson/7699864109689198498/\" target=\"_self\">        <p>    Name: <br />          <input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Email:<br />          <input name=\"email\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          URL: <br />          <input name=\"url\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Comment:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:emo_pop()\" title=\"Smiley and tag help\" target=\"_self\">?</a>&nbsp;<br />          <textarea name=\"addMessage\" rows=\"12\" cols=\"38\"></textarea><br /><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"subscribe\" value=\"1\" /><label for=\"subscribe\">Notify me of followup comments via email</label>        </p>        <p class=\"PSubmit\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Publish\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />&nbsp;<input name=\"previewMessage\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Preview\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />        </p>      <input type='hidden' name='user' value='bethanymanderson' /><input type='hidden' name='comment' value='7699864109689198498' /></form>    </td></tr>  <tr>    <td><p align=\"center\">        Commenting by <a href=\"http://www.haloscan.com/\" target=\"_blank\">HaloScan</a></p>      </td>  </tr></table><img src=\"http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=561713&amp;java=0&amp;security=01eeff58\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></body>");