17 Best-Rated Comments, Oct 16 2005

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17. Jerome, one of your finest diaries ever!
posted by nyceve on 10/16/2005 11:09:13 EDT
attached to You thought I was a pessimist? Not until you read this!

15. (tie) Dem talking point
posted by calipygian on 10/16/2005 20:49:16 EDT
attached to John Aravosis Chews it up and Spits it out

15. (tie) The thing to remember about today's GOP
posted by Jonathan on 10/16/2005 21:19:03 EDT
attached to John Aravosis Chews it up and Spits it out

13. (tie) They didn't let her finish...
posted by KingOneEye on 10/16/2005 12:54:22 EDT
attached to Proximate cause

13. (tie) Well, yeah.
posted by Kagro X on 10/16/2005 21:38:40 EDT
attached to John Aravosis Chews it up and Spits it out

11. (tie) Kristol is a Straussian
posted by Dallasdoc on 10/16/2005 00:15:25 EDT
attached to Kristol: Its a vast left wing conspiracy

11. (tie) The right has their strategy ready
posted by mrblifil on 10/16/2005 21:28:22 EDT
attached to John Aravosis Chews it up and Spits it out

9. (tie) Bayard Rustin
posted by HarveyMilk on 10/16/2005 09:18:53 EDT
attached to Black gay activist blocked from speaking at Millions More March

9. (tie) What she left off
posted by The Termite on 10/16/2005 13:08:02 EDT
attached to Proximate cause

8. Drunk's logic
posted by moon in the house of moe on 10/16/2005 12:57:18 EDT
attached to Proximate cause

7. Sheesh.
posted by Hunter on 10/16/2005 17:50:08 EDT
attached to I Heard Judy Miller In Person Yesterday

6. since when
posted by pb on 10/16/2005 21:27:37 EDT
attached to John Aravosis Chews it up and Spits it out

4. (tie) Judy gave up "the Plot Against Wilson
posted by knowthings on 10/16/2005 02:17:01 EDT
attached to Miller thread

4. (tie) It is sickening to watch
posted by inclusiveheart on 10/16/2005 20:48:11 EDT
attached to John Aravosis Chews it up and Spits it out

2. (tie) When I hear "Redistricting" and
posted by Maryscott OConnor on 10/16/2005 10:41:16 EDT
attached to Why Kos is Missing the Point on Redistricting

2. (tie) John
posted by Baseballgirl on 10/16/2005 21:09:15 EDT
attached to John Aravosis Chews it up and Spits it out

1. Or, they didn't check her grammar....
posted by fouro on 10/16/2005 13:08:08 EDT
attached to Proximate cause

If...

...I had added the qualification that only three comments on the list could come from any single diary, the following comments would have made the list, with these ranks:

12. Thanks for the credit
posted by mstein on 10/16/2005 12:27:26 EDT
attached to You thought I was a pessimist? Not until you read this!

14. (tie) Never underestimate the CIA
posted by wild salmon on 10/16/2005 18:08:51 EDT
attached to Pre-Indictment Plame Analysis (1 x 2 x 6 is the Rosetta Stone)

14. (tie) One question
posted by dmac on 10/16/2005 18:54:38 EDT
attached to Pre-Indictment Plame Analysis (1 x 2 x 6 is the Rosetta Stone)

14. (tie) A thought about Yom Kippur
posted by JK Minnesota on 10/16/2005 20:01:16 EDT
attached to Brothers and Sisters,

17. I love it when someone says...
posted by Maryscott OConnor on 10/16/2005 10:43:18 EDT
attached to Why Kos is Missing the Point on Redistricting

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