Why can I not comment?  I get the message "The comment provided is empty".

What worked doesn't. 
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If I copy and paste from Word, I get this HTML conversion:

<!-- THE EDITOR EXPECTS THIS LINE, DO NOT EDIT!!! -->
<p>
<script language="JavaScript"></script>Why am I not able to post a comment? It tells me that &quot;The comment provided is empty&quot;.
</p>
<p>
If I copy and paste from Word I get this:
</p>
<p>
Imus said this morning that there was talk of Air <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">America</place></country-region> filing for bankruptcy.  <p>&nbsp;</p>

</p>
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If I run it through Notepad to strip the control characters, this is what I get:

Imus said this morning that there was talk of Air America filing for bankruptcy.

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I've event tried entering it directly through the keyboard.  Samo-samo.

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In either case it tells me its an empty comment (no wise cracks please).

I have tried this message with the header line inserted at the top, and that did not work.  I am out of ideas, but at the moment I have no comment - literally. 

PS>  I tried contacting the site through the Contact Us feature and cannot use that now.  Spam security image does not show itself and the message is bounced without it. 

PPS> MoronInCharge has been hugely successful in attaching a magnificant comment to Average American's article.  I can't even post Notepad/Word text, to say nothing of color and fonts and ...  What worked no longer works for me.  I'm doing nothing different.  What's going on here VofA?

Note: VofA's site certification has been expired for the last couple of weeks.  I simply accept it and work around it.  That might have a bearing on the spam issue.

Sorry about making this an article, but it is the only way I can communicate with the site at the moment (short of the telephone - how archaic is that?)

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And yes MoronInCharge, I see your comment now attached to my article.  That's easy for you to say, but I cannot comment on either my or Double A's articles.