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Um...Richard Cohen decides to lay it all out there and say that conservatives want to throw up when they see interracial couples. He also says that opposing interracial relationships doesn't make the GOP racist, which is a whole other can of worms. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-christies-tea-party-problem/2013/11/11/a1ffaa9c-4b05-11e3-ac54-aa84301ced81_story.html?hpid=z2

Condolences to Sen. Jim Inhofe, whose son died in a plane crash. http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/around-oklahoma/sen-jim-inhofes-son-dies-in-plane-crash-near-owasso/-/12530084/22914532/-/1q9gvr/-/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9-iI-ybQmQ

I guess there are regular seasonal declines and then football (the ABC shows had a big drop too), although maybe people think this season is too boring, with the focus on the disease. I don't know. I think this has been a great season but sometimes you hear people say "nothing is happening."

I wish someone would ask the producers if there's a reason four straight episodes had titles that were one letter words and started with "I." The anal-retentive side of me is going nuts over that.

I didn't mean as in a black woman, just as in the action genre (the Clint Eastwood type of character). I guess what I was trying to say was that I think Lauren Cohan adds a lot to the character and without her I'm not sure how the role would be.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/11/the-walking-dead-andrew-lincoln_n_4254407.html?utm_hp_ref=tv&ir=TV

I'm not saying she doesn't have her struggles. I just mean sometimes I think she's written in terms of a certain moment to fit a scene, whether as daughter, or girlfriend, or bad-ass. That doesn't take away that she's one of my favorite people on the show. I'd compare it to someone like Michonne. Michonne was sort of written as tropes (quiet but deadly, etc.) last season, but this season seems to have more sides. I'd like to have more moments where Maggie might get to laugh or to show more of her personality. I still love the character, don't get me wrong, and I'm always happy when she is in the spotlight.

Interviews (some possible spoilers). http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/11/10/walking-dead-david-morrissey-governor/ http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/11/08/walking-dead-scott-gimple-rick-carol/ http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/11/10/walking-dead-scott-gimple-governor/ http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2013/11/qa-steven-yeun-glenn/

This was a great episode. One of the best of any season. I appreciate the writer (who was apparently new to the show) for perfectly balancing heart and action. Hershel is a good man. Probably the kindest man we've ever seen on this show. The question asked in the episode was - is that good enough? And the answer was, sometimes yes, sometimes no. The Greene family miraculously survived, again, but you could see how hurt Hershel was by Caleb's death, because he'd put so much faith in Caleb making it. I do wonder how Hershel will be affected by all of this, if he will be. I can't praise Scott Wilson enough, especially for his one-on-one scenes with Caleb, Sasha, Glenn. I was very touched by his conversation with Sasha. I wasn't sure if they were just doing this because she was going to die. We need these moments to build new characters. Sasha is so tough, she has to be tough, but seeing her weak in those moments, and being so vulnerable with Hershel - this whole scene meant a lot to me. It was my favorite part of the episode, along with sharpshooter Maggie. I can't believe Scott Wilson did his own stunts. I don't know what the show will do without Hershel. I guess I will just enjoy him while he's with us. Even if it was likely some type of Darabont fallout, trading Dale for Hershel was one of the best decisions the show ever made. Maggie sometimes feels like a series of tropes, instead of a character, but Lauren Cohan plays all those tropes so damn well. I was really waiting to see her back in action, and I got that and more. Even better, we got to see her torn between Glenn and Hershel, a horrible choice. Ultimately she chose not to make the choice. She took a risk and trusted herself and her aim, and it worked. I applauded her and the show letting her have that moment. I'm glad they've stopped having all the tension between Carl and Rick and instead are having them work together. Rick is still trying to shelter Carl but is increasingly realizing that can't happen. The big shootout was bad-ass (and Andrew Lincoln probably loved it). Breckin Meyer comparing this to the Andy Griffith Show amused me.

I knew the doctor would probably die, and I'd take that over losing Sasha, Hershel, or Glenn, but I was hoping he'd pull through. I guess the "too hot to die" approach really doesn't work in the ZA. Oh well.

Wasn't she shot when the father's gun went off? Carol is one of my favorites but Hardwick's Carol stanning and Rick bashing gets on my nerves. The problem isn't what Carol did, it's how she did it. I've seen people saying they hate Maggie now for not defending Carol's honor. Maggie knew that Glenn would be dead with Carol still in that prison.

Kim Stewart IS Mrs. Loopner.

So, Max, I wondered if you had any thoughts on the Rob Ford stuff which has gotten lots of breathless coverage in the US.

Cuccinelli was elected to a moderate district in spite of his views. He was very proud of them. I don't think he would have changed them. I guess it's moot now. I wasn't surprised by the margin. Maybe 3-4 points, I would have expected, not 2, but I think having Obama show up to campaign was a bad idea.

I don't see how he could be worse than Collinson. Collinson ruined everything I enjoyed about Corrie. At least Blackburn I can say he just kept ruining what Blythe already started ruining at Emmerdale.

McCauliffe's main job at the DNC was to get them out of debt. They had huge debt and he cleared that up. Cuccinelli's moral crusades extended far beyond sodomy. For one thing, he would have pushed hard to ban any protection for gay faculty or gay students at schools and universities in Virginia. This was one of his pet causes. Sarvis was extremely liberal on some issues. No one ever thought he was just taking votes from Cuccinelli.

I hope we get a break from Bob yelling "TY!" It always sounds like he has a bad cold.

I guess most of this season will focus on the timespan Lisa was on DWTS but it's weird they had that as her tag when she didn't really make an impact on the show.

I tend to wonder how much Bravo needs hype and how much they need ratings. Aren't a lot of their shows starting to have severe ratings falloffs?

In a way, yes, although there was less murder and more murder attempts.