My comments look fine in firefox as it appropriately wraps them when they exceed the available space. At the same time, there is a noticeably smaller space between the user's picture and the content of the comment. I've tried using word-wrap:break-word to fix the problem in IE but to no avail. Please please please please help!
Pictures of the problem:
Firefox (good!):

IE (Bad):

Applicable code:
.comments{visibility:visible;width:288px;height: 6000;position:absolute;top:1969px;left:665px;z-index:2;
overflow:hidden;background-color: transparent;
<div class="comments"><table><tr><td><table><tr><td></div>