<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=EmulateIE7″ />

http://simonthegeek.com/technical/ie8-force-your-site-to-display-in-compatibility-mode/

I grabbed this code from here in order to make IE 8 behave like IE 7 for me.  It sure is a heck of a lot easier than going back through all the CSS on every site I've ever done.  Just drop it in the header, hopefully you have a header include.

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