Top Comments 1-3-08 - All Eyes on Iowa

Yes, I know. We're all watching Iowa for the first indication of the direction of the Presidential winds.

Well, I'm not.

I certainly DO want to know, but don't want to hang out for the blow-by-blow. My poor head has been bursting half the day, and I don't think having my melon explode all over my living room would be very healthy, do you?

So, I'm sitting in my living room, curled up on the love seat and watching non-political TV. On purpose.

I must confess, also, that I have been avoiding Daily Kos quite a bit lately. Candidate diaries tend to raise my blood pressure ... something about the trollish nature of the comment "conversations", perhaps? Anyway, they are outnumbering the other diaries lately, and so I have had much less to read.

This makes comment mining somewhat of a challenge! However, our beloved community has stepped up, and submitted lots of comments to the proper place: TopComments AT gmail DOT com, and you should do the same with any noteworthy comments you may find. Please remember to give us your Daily Kos username, so we can give you the credit you so richly deserve for digging up these literary gems!

The comments!

From Lithium Cola:

Shane Hensinger asks a wry question in response to Kos's post Is This the End of Fredmania? . . . that starts a hilarious thread, with Kos joining in.

From pattyp:

This funny comment by Hlinko tickled pattyp's funnybone!

From kath25:

lgmcp sums up the reason behind the wave of Republican retirements.

From merrinc:

SunDog's diary wasn't your typical candidate diary so it's no surprise that the comments weren't either:

A laugh from crankyinNYC, and sun dog's response is pretty funny, too!

From bubbanomics:

This forecast from prodigal summed things up pretty well.

From Land of Enchantment:

From redmask, the opening comment in daulton's diary praising jotter's daily lists. Four cheers for jotter! (Up from three due to inflation ...)

From lineatus:

juliewolf summarizes it nicely.

From sardonyx:

MA Liberal says that greed is killing journalism in this comment from quaoar's diary A GBCW that makes you want to vote for Edwards (a good diary except for the misleading title).

Y'know, I'm getting a bit tired of people who say a comment should be in Top Comments, are told how to send it in, yet never follow through. That won't stop me from nominating this comment from Dallasdoc, because it really should be in Top Comments.

XOVER on Kennedy/LBJ comparisons in getting legislative agendas passed, with a stop at FDR for good measure.

After reading georgia10's front-page Romney {Hearts} Bush wherein Romney is quoted as saying that Bush has kept us safe the last six years, word is bond wants to know which years those were, exactly.

My picks ...

Steve Singiser must have read my mind in deepfish's Why Tomorrow Blows Dead Bears. Oh, and check out deepfish's Tip Jar - it gave me a smile!

In DawnG's Sanctuary! Sanctuary! I found today's pootie conversation started by Pluto, but I also liked ClickerMel's pictorial response to the tip jar. Thanks, DawnG - safe haven much appreciated!

ClickerMel, obviously on a roll, also starts a conversation about sporks! Everything you never wanted to know. Really.

Well, I did say that I'm having a hard time reading DK lately!

Top Mojo is provided by our always heroic sardonyx, who came to my rescue very early today!

Top Mojo excluding search-identifiable tip jars, first diary comments, and Cheers and Jeers:

  1) Not chasing the Center. Bringing the Center to US by CPDem81 — 220
  2) It wil be fine. by TomP — 93
  3) Ready to go! by poblano — 81
  4) A fundamentally decent person by Bronxist — 78
  5) I've stayed out of the candidate diary business by quaoar — 78
  6) I'm very nervous about tonight by Newzie — 74
  7) Dodd is one of our best candidates by Nulwee — 73
  8) I've been wrong so many times by Militarytracy — 71
  9) No deals ... at all. by ttagaris — 70
10) Thank you David for all you have done and by TomP — 65
11) I really don't understand some people by mjd in florida — 65
12) Or dumb by Sun dog — 65
13) I disagree. by TomP — 63
14) But that's not the point by monster — 61
15) What's wrong with you Obama people? by Sun dog — 60
16) Thank You by Matt Browner Hamlin — 58
17) Independents going Democratic is the other story by FishOutofWater — 57
18) Edwards had the courage to do what you... by MeanBoneII — 54
19) Yep by AJ WI — 53
20) No more Federalist Society judges by shadowplayer — 53
21) LOL!! by TomP — 52
22) The blogosphere did NOT go for Edwards by Geekesque — 51
23) no shit the world is VERY Interested by kubla000 — 51
24) Thanks. by Sun dog — 50
25) I am staking out my posting place... by Welshman — 50
26) Disagree with one thing... by cosbo — 49
27) Institutionalized corruption by Dallasdoc — 48
28) We must consider impeachment by Dallasdoc — 48
29) Yup by david mizner — 47
30) March 2008 - Be There, Anywhere!! by jimstaro — 47
31) I'm fired up and ready to go. by clonecone — 47

Top Mojo with No Exclusions:

  1) Tips by Sun dog — 415
  2) tipz by dday — 328
  3) Also by BooMan23 — 293
  4) Tips, or punches in the jaw. by chumley — 279
  5) Tip Jar by davidsirota — 273
  6) Rally Monkey Tip Jar by ttagaris — 269
  7) Tip Jar by quaoar — 251
  8) Not chasing the Center. Bringing the Center to US by CPDem81 — 220
  9) a slightly different version by Turkana — 218
10) Tips for by david mizner — 179
11) Tips for John Edwards and by TomP — 178
12) Tip Jar - 3 January by Jerome a Paris — 129
13) tips!! by RDemocrat — 124
14) Tips for an organizer and a movement by SamGrahamFelsen — 113
15) okay folks, forget the tips by edgery — 109
16) Tips by CPDem81 — 97
17) It wil be fine. by TomP — 93
18) Tips, mojo, moral support.... by Louisiana 1976 — 90
19) Ready to go! by poblano — 81
20) A fundamentally decent person by Bronxist — 78
21) I've stayed out of the candidate diary business by quaoar — 78
22) I'm very nervous about tonight by Newzie — 74
23) Fired up! by nadeane — 73
24) Dodd is one of our best candidates by Nulwee — 73
25) I've been wrong so many times by Militarytracy — 71
26) I'm not breaking the rules am I? by JR Monsterfodder — 71
27) Tips for by Ellinorianne — 71
28) No deals ... at all. by ttagaris — 70
29) Edwards is my choice.... by chabuka — 70
30) Tip Jar by OneCarolinaGirl — 69