While some of tonight's election returns will be quite late, the primary seems to have focused attention so firmly on the numbers that no one seemed to notice that Top Comments was a bit late, and then a bit later. I only noticed because I look for Top Comments first thing when I return from rehearsal...and they weren't there.
As it turns out, there was a bit of confusion between Tuesday and Thursday, but Tuesday is being done before Thursday arrives, so all is golden, if a bit late. After all, this diary series is all about Top Comments, so let's get to them before the witching hour arrives.
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Progressive Witness submitted the following nomination:
In TiaRachel's Daily Show/Colbert thread, ek hornbeck offers a novel but compelling case for a a root cause to the sorry state of the American media.
From llbear:
From my rather mundane diary last night Bribing John Edwards, came the best advice and most generous offer ever in this comment by Ranting Roland (what a guy!).
I know it seemed like a candidate diary, but really it was meant to be an Earth Day piece. FireCrow smoked me out and so did Gilda Reed. Now we await John Edwards top comment.
A nomination sent by vertexoflife:
This conversation in this thread resulted in much liquid being expelled from the mouth.
Land of Enchantment writes:
From AlyoshaKarazamov in Belvedere Come Here Boy's diary about NC state legislators endorsement. It's almost like poetry, with excellent use of silence.
From an Anonymous Nominator:
Floja Roja gestures magnanimously in RenaRF's rec'd Pony up, bitches diary.
Sorry, nothing from your last-minute-diarist sardonyx; I didn't get home until after 11 this evening.
No Top Comments diary would be complete without that day's top mojo—those comments which have received the highest number of recommendations from Daily Kos users like you. Today's is supplied by sardonyx, using his own revision of cskendrick's mojo-to-Excel magic.
First, Top Mojo excluding search-identifiable tip jars, first diary comments, Cheers and Jeers, and Mojo Friday comments:
1) OK, tell you what. by Floja Roja — 405
2) Spare change to save our water? by NoMoreLies — 231
3) Thanks! eom by HillaryIsMyHomegirl — 216
4) All Religious Group by jds1978 — 195
5) Their tax exempt status... by modchick65 — 153
6) Followed by an evil line by mbair — 152
7) Doesn't need to be an endorsement by ElaineinIN — 137
8) C'mon PA, we're counting on you by Michael Lawrence Gallagher — 125
9) Three cheers for RenaRF by noweasels — 118
10) His Own Will by rlharry — 117
11) Yes, they are brothers... by droogie6655321 — 114
12) Was 7th in line at 6:45 am; the line was out by Fasaha — 110
13) PA-06 enthusiasm by charlestown dem — 108
14) This one: by scardanelli — 107
15) In any case by Jerome a Paris — 107
16) Voted by marcusdean — 106
17) I pulled the lever by Hotspur18 — 100
18) Off to Allentown now... by MarcoNYC — 99
19) What Obama Is up Against by Any Name Will Do — 97
20) Obama doorhangers by DebtorsPrison — 95
21) BTW, if Hillary fans want to know why Hillary is by jeff in nyc — 94
22) Looks like I picked the wrong thread to quit... by Trix — 92
23) I don't care what the circumstances, by Ab2kgj — 92
24) I voted for hope by theory — 91
25) Okay - VOTED!!!!! by Pandoras Box — 91
26) Ok...NOW can we stop talking about Hillary as VP? by ratmach — 89
27) I am in Pennsylvania but.... by JackieandFritz — 87
28) My parents in Jack Murtha's district by charlestown dem — 86
29) Shhhh.. We are not to say that Israel has Nukes by drlevant — 84
30) Iran is watching, too. by aufklaerer — 84
Top Mojo with No Exclusions:
1) Tips by gman — 508
2) OK, tell you what. by Floja Roja — 405
3) tips/recs/Tarheels give 'em hell by Belvedere Come Here Boy — 353
4) no need to tip for election problems... by epic — 340
5) Tips and Recs for the Keystone State, for... by dansac — 337
6) Giddyup. by RenaRF — 325
7) Tip Jar - 22 April by Jerome a Paris — 270
8) Tip jar for Barney Gordon and midwest studies. by Scaredhuman — 258
9) Call the IRS - by Marinesquire — 252
10) Tips for Young Voters n/t by Doublethink — 238
11) Spare change to save our water? by NoMoreLies — 231
12) Thanks! eom by HillaryIsMyHomegirl — 216
13) Tips for Clinton by 3% by Billary Redux — 213
14) Oh well by wmtriallawyer — 197
15) Saddest Line by marketgeek — 197
16) All Religious Group by jds1978 — 195
17) Reject and denounce by JedReport — 192
18) Tip jar tip jar by GregMitch — 184
19) Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! by hideinplainsight — 170
20) Keystone Tip Jar by Rieux — 163
21) Tip Jar by Mark Begich for Senate — 157
22) Their tax exempt status... by modchick65 — 153
23) Followed by an evil line by mbair — 152
24) tips & recs... by DrSteveB — 146
25) Doesn't need to be an endorsement by ElaineinIN — 137
26) C'mon PA, we're counting on you by Michael Lawrence Gallagher — 125
27) Three cheers for RenaRF by noweasels — 118
28) His Own Will by rlharry — 117
29) The planet you save... by Larry Kissell — 115
30) Yes, they are brothers... by droogie6655321 — 114
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