In my Top Comments diary from two hours ago, Top Comments: Steve Gilliard on Daily Kos, part 5, I ran out of room.
I had every intention of providing links to all of Steve's front-page posts on Daily Kos—he wrote 220 of them between April 3 and August 28, 2003—and to all the comments he wrote before Markos tapped him to be a Daily Kos guest blogger. I wanted these to be available to the Daily Kos community, and the blogosphere at large, so the material was easily findable by anyone who wanted to remember Steve on the first anniversary of his death by reading his words, which are still very much alive.
The earlier diary has the links to Steve's posts, but all his comments from the very first on October 1, 2002 through March 11, 2003 as the Iraq invasion drew nearer needed to be made available. Hence this follow-on, outside the Top Comments rubric.
As I discovered to my dismay late Friday night, the dKosopedia, which has pages for Steve's posts and Steve's comments, went down before I could complete adding the posts from my Top Comments diary that night. I've checked, and it looks to remain down for the rest of this week. This means no FAQ, no dKosopedia, and no reference material for Steve Gilliard. I can't add the comment links I've been carefully searching out for everyone to see...unless I posted them in a diary. This diary.
The first of Steve's comments was written on October 1, 2002, and added to a diary originally posted the day before. He wrote four comments to four diaries in October, and did not write again on Daily Kos until a comment posted on January 1, 2003 to a diary posted on December 31.
After mid-January, his commenting picked up, and starting January 27, 2003, he commented (or posted) every day through at least April 18.
In the list of comments below, the date given is the date the particular front-page post was made; it is possible, as in Steve's very first comment, that the actual comment was made the next day. (In the case of his comments to the December 31 diary, they were made the next year.)
The person writing the original front page post is assumed to be Markos; if there was a guest blogger that day—Billmon or Steve Soto—that blogger will be named.
2002 comments
September 30:
• NJ Dems have GOP boxed in has one comment. (As "sgilliard".)
October 11:
• Disgusting GOP ad in GA has one comment. (As "steve gilliard", as are all the comments below unless otherwise noted.)
October 24:
• More on GOTV efforts has one comment
October 29:
• It's personal in Minnesota has one comment
December 31:
• Reinstitue the draft has two comments
2003 comments
January 6:
• The Bush Iraq Vision Emerges by Steve Soto has one comment
January 8:
• Bush: Look Harder, Dammit has one comment
January 11:
• Why Not Try Soylent Green? by Billmon has one comment
• Strategery by Billmon has two comments
• Delusions of Grandeur by an unsigned Billmon has one comment
• Hubris, Thy Name is Bush by Steve Soto has one comment
January 12:
• Dark Side of the Moon by Billmon has one comment
January 13:
• Return of the Living Dead by Billmon has one comment
January 14:
• Cooking Up a Storm? by Billmon has one comment
January 16:
• Lean Mean Dean Machine? by Billmon has one comment
January 17:
• Baghdad nightmare for US forces has six comments
January 20:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Cattle Call 2004: 1/20 has two comments
• True Confessions: war protesters bug me has two comments
January 21:
• US heading into Iraq alone has three comments
• Kennedy sets the bar has one comment
• US has almost no Security Council support has one comment
January 22:
• Hart runs strong on National Security (but can we forget Donna?) has one comment
• November to January -- night and day has one comment
• Cattle Call at NARAL has five comments
• Boxgate revealed has one comment
January 23:
• Diplomacy, Bush style has one comment
• Bush cries "wolf" has two comments
• Spitzer to file amicus supporting UMichigan has one comment
January 27:
• War opposition still increasing has five comments
• Cattle Call 2004: 1/27 has one comment
• GOP is still party of racists has two comments
January 28:
• Still no war justification has one comment
• Bush's SOTU has one comment
• Bush's SOTU, Part II has one comment
• Final thoughts and Open Thread has two comments
January 29:
• Open thread has one comment
• Markets fall, bigger deficits has one comment
• Gary Locke's response has one comment
January 30:
• Rush boycott starting to show results has one comment
• No conclusive evidence has two comments
• Nelson Mandela and Bishop rip into Bush has one comment
January 31:
• Open Thread has one comment
• GOP rates our candidates has one comment
• Cheney supports Confederate Flag! has two comments
February 1:
• Space shuttle crashes has two comments
February 2:
• Did Bush get a SOTU bump? has two comments
• FBI, CIA both reject Iraq-Al Qaeda link has three comments
February 3:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Bush's budget-busting budget has one comment
• Ashcroft bags his "marijuana guru" has two comments
February 4:
• 'Borrow and Spend' Republicans has two comments
• Richard Perle: France no longer an ally has one comment
• Learning to organize has one comment
February 5:
• Bush never went to Houston Space Center has one comment
• Powell's "Adlai moment" has four comments
• North Korea restarts nuclear reactor has two comments
February 6:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Cheney's endorsement of "great ideas" has one comment
• News from the economic front has one comment
February 7:
• Open Thread (posted by Steve Soto) has one comment
• Remember That "Dead or Alive" Guy? What Was His Name?... by Steve Soto has two comments
• Are You Ready for Patriot Act II? by Steve Soto has one comment
• Fighting Back by Steve Soto has one comment
February 8:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Britain’s Iraq Dossier Came From Magazines by Steve Soto has one comment
• How Do You Like Your New Friends Now, James Hoffa Jr.? by Steve Soto has two comments
February 9:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Iraq Update-And How Useless is Wolf Blitzer? by Steve Soto has one comment
• Bush Has Lost the Security Council by Steve Soto has one comment
• Bush Will Face Opposition From Both Russia and the Vatican by Steve Soto has one comment
February 10:
• Open Thread has one comment
• O'Reilly slurs Latinos has three comments
• Cattle Call 2004: comment period has one comment
February 11:
• Cattle Call 2004: 2/11 has four comments
• OBL hates Saddam; Powell loses cred has two comments
• Estrada filibuster is on has two comments
February 12:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Fools in the desert has one comment
• In Iowa, voters oppose war has one comment
• One war scenario has six comments
• Follow up on "One war scenario" has three comments, and the post text front-pages an earlier comment by Steve
February 13:
• ANSWER bans rabbi from speaking at SF rally has three comments
• Estrada filibuster officially on has two comments
• Bush budget explicit cause of deficits has two comments
• 38 percent approve of Bush's handling of economy has three comments
February 14:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Bush may have 5x more money than Dems has one comment
• Hans Blix: Inspections working has two comments
• Everyone needs to chill has two comments
• Our nation's real enemy still exists has two comments
February 15:
• Open Thread has two comments
• Sending a grassroots message to DNC HQ has seven comments
• Millions say "no" to war has one comment
• No shots fired yet, and everything is already FUBAR has one comment
February 16:
• Open Thread has four comments
• Ashcroft tried to prevent NYC protests has one comment
• Kucinich to enter the race has one comment
• Protests largest in countries backing US has one comment
• Greenspan's future in doubt has one comment
February 17:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Cremation plans dropped has one comment
• Direct action could shut down UK has one comment
• Blair, Howard down in polls has three comments
February 18:
• Open Thread has one comment
• US war plans hit snag with Turkey has two comments
• Fundraising for the DNC has one comment
• Open Thread II has two comments
• Iran-backed rebels enter Iraq has one comment
• White House presses Estrada nomination has one comment
February 19:
• Tom Friedman Does Another 180 on Bush by Steve Soto has two comments
• Cattle Call: 2/19 has one comment
• Start the Countdown to Bombing by Steve Soto has six comments
• Has a Subtle Powell Scapegoating Begun? by Steve Soto has one comment
February 20:
• Thursday Morning Iraq Update by Steve Soto has four comments
• And Now Back to Politics for a Moment by Steve Soto has one comment
February 21:
• Open Thread has two comments
• Iraq and Ken Pollack by Steve Soto has seven comments
• Turkey agrees to US forces (almost) has one comment
• The price of war has two comments
• Dean brings down the house has six comments
February 22:
• Simon to challenge Boxer has one comment
• Could Gephardt win? has two comments
• Governors to meet with Bush has three comments
February 23:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Pollack's arguments a house of cards has four comments
• Americans believe war will increase terror has five comments
• Bush admin still crying about Estrada has three comments
February 24:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Cattle Call 2004: comment Period 2/24 has two comments
• Bush running scared at governor's meeting has five comments
• North Korea fires missile has one comment
• Help elect Iraq's civil admininstrator has two comments
February 25:
• Cattle Call: 2/25 has one comment
• 'Coalition of the unwilling'; 2nd resolution has five comments
• Our emergency powers are OK, Egypt's are not has one comment
February 26:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Ari laughed off the stage has one comment
• The latest in the Estrada saga has one comment
• Tom DeLay's appeasement has one comment
February 27:
• Open Thread has four comments
• Turkey parliament delays war vote again has two comments
• The costs of war, according to Bush has two comments
• Hoffa lashes out at Bush has one comment
• Bush: hurry up and drop bombs! has one comment
• Rice may run for CA governor has one comment
• Novak: GOP loss on Estrada imminent has three comments
February 28:
• Open Thread has four comments
• Bush turns guns on House, Senate has two comments
• US to sue California over gun database has one comment
• Return of the living dead by Billmon has two comments
• Out of Africa by Billmon has three comments
• Raising Hamas by Billmon has one comment
March 1:
• Takes One to Know One by Billmon has four comments
• South of the Border by Billmon has two comments
• Pressed Turkey by Billmon has four comments
• The Clinton Factor by Billmon has one comment
• The Sound of Silence by Billmon has one comment
• Do These Men Work for the Same Government? by Billmon has three comments
• The Big Fish by Billmon has three comments
Note: for the six comments on March 2 made starting at 5:15pm, Steve's signature changed from "steve gilliard" to "steve_gilliard". It reverted the next day, but would change back permanently in late April.
March 2:
• Snake Eyes by Billmon has six comments (first three as "steve gilliard"; last three as "steve_gilliard")
• Open Thread has one comment ("steve gilliard")
• Please Speak Clearly into the Lamp by Billmon has two comments (first as "steve gilliard"; second as "steve_gilliard")
• No Means Yes by Billmon has one comment ("steve_gilliard")
• Baghdad Rules by Billmon has one comment ("steve_gilliard")
March 3:
• Networks and WH in pissing match has one comment
• US refuses to surrender Turkey plan has three comments
• Let's help Bush with some campaign slogans has three comments
March 4:
• Open Thread has three comments
• Cattle Call 2004: 3/4 has two comments
• Barbour picks up primary challenger has two comments
• The logistics of a one-front war has eight comments
March 5:
• Open Thread has two comments
• Second UN resolution dead in water has two comments
March 6:
• Open Thread has three comments
• Blair shifts position has two comments
• Soldier tax relief bill a boon for special interests has two comments
• Estrada filibuster holds has one comment
• Winner of the Bush admin hypocrisy challenge has two comments
• US and Pakistan on Bin Laden's trail. Maybe. has one comment
• Bush -- gasp! -- stages press conference has eight comments
March 7:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Bush stirs up mob hate against Mexicans has two comments
• Reviews are in: Bush sucked has one comment
• Pelosi dresses down Dems over Iraq has three comments
• Bush's deficits has two comments
March 8:
• Scenes from the Next War by Billmon has one comment
• Good Old Boys by Billmon has one comment
March 9:
• Open Thread has five comments
March 10:
• Open Thread has one comment
• Blair's party may split over Iraq has one comment
• Pakistan will abstain has two comments
• Poppy Bush to Jr: slow down has one comment
• New resolution delayed has one comment
March 11:
• Open Thread has three comments
• Partial-birth abortion bill set to pass has one comment
• Is Bush II 'multilateral'? has four comments
There may or may not be further diaries as I search out the links for Steve's comments in other people's front-page posts after April 18. More likely, I'll just add them to the dKosopedia as I find them, and that will be the most up-to-date source of Steve's work on Daily Kos moving forward. For now, follow the links here and in last night's part 5. There's a library's worth of good reading to be found.