As this diary story posts, President Obama will just have finished still be giving his eighth and final State Of The Union address. The Designated Survivor (this year the Secretary of Homeland Security) will be allowed out of his bunker. There will be much analysis and digesting of every word in liveblog threads and across Facebook, and of course there will be the blood pressure-raising Republican Response. We will continue to follow the breaking news coming out of Iran.
This isn’t my first Top Comments: SOTU Edition, and what I do know is we’ve got a lot to talk about and I’m all for heading to what we really come to this community diary series for! So grab whatever you’ve been drinking tonight, your SOTU bingo card (if one was available this year?) and follow me below the dingledoodle Story Break and a word from our sponsor...
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Some highlighted comments tonight!
'Highlighted' by woolibaar, geordie, WI Lurker, LilithGardener, bfitzinAR, Lying eyes and, most of all, for using the magic words, Penny GC, this comment by high uintas is marvelous candidate advocacy, without all the negativity toward other candidates, without the hostility toward supporters of others.
Highlighted by Phoebe Loosinhouse, this comment by dizzydean illuminates some of the problems we face with generalized government distrust.
From Deja, via a2nite (Deja found it, a2nite graciously submitted it on Deja's behalf! Fine teamwork!):
From DerAmi, this comment speaks for itself.
From brillig:
From Joan McCarter's diary on those pesky people 'gaming the healthcare system' comes this excellent comment by Ion.
Top Mojo for Monday, Jan. 11, 2016
First comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on the subject.
2016-01-12 Top Comments with Pictures
Courtesy of jotter!