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I just love this. I love Rita Coolidge.

Thanks. I've seen bits and pieces but not the whole thing. I'll never really understand the casting for Tori.

I'd say it's untrue that not knowing how to pronounce a name is a "gaffe". It's a human mistake. If people criticized Bush it was because he played up an aw shucks image. He seemed at times very proud of not knowing or not caring. That was the foreign policy mandate of the Rumsfeld era. The whole idea presented was that this was somehow something the US media would not cover. The US media outlets similar to the Telegraph cover Obama's mistakes all the time.

Isn't the Telegraph a conservative paper? That's like saying the WSJ "overlooks" Obama's flaws. Not too often.

The continued employment of Newt Gingrich after he eradicated the last delusions of his role as the GOP's "intellectual" shows just how bankrupt our media is. Speaking of media darlings, Marco Rubio is as awkward as ever. Cue the swoons from the Beltway. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84043.html?hp=l2

Marley's pregnant. This was her dream for so many years. And now when Tyrone has feelings for her mother. That won't end well. I like all the corporate intrigue which keeps on going.

They did share scenes, as John Silva represented Jill during her legal battles with John Abbott. I think Sheila slept with John Silva when she was trying to get pregnant.

Do you want articles? I might have some.

It's nothing fancy - just Orson Welles applauding in Citizen Kane.

That was a good fakeout about why Kirkland was at the hotel room. Very interesting with Sharlene. I wonder what is going on. I'm surprised Jake isn't more worried about what Grant will do to Kirkland.

Thank you. That was very moving. She's an incredible writer and speaker. That's so true, what she says - that there is no reason to assume you know all of someone, just to be happy and grateful for the time you spent with them.

Very good! (removing the gif, as it's gone anyway) I would have loved seeing that story, BTW.

Ouch. I'm surprised he was able to work so long with people like Riche or JFP.

I don't think he would have had to have been a closet case, just as you said, an experiment, or bisexuality. Not that it would have ever happened on the show anyway.

If you know any black people who live in Maine, apparently you are in a fantasy world. http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/charlie_webster_black_voter_fraud.php?ref=fpb

That would have been a great story too. They could have given her a story like that John Sayles movie, Lianna, or whatever it was called. When we discuss the closeted sexuality of old school ATWT characters I feel like we'll be struck by lightning.

Oh I don't think it would have happened - we would have been more likely to have seen Bob chasing pirates and rolling around on a beach with Annie Stewart. But this was becoming an increasingly explored topic in the late 70s and the very early 80s, before bisexuality and homosexuality became forbidden topics again. With the proper writer it could have been fascinating and enlightening, and tapped into a little of Ordinary People for Nancy. Irna aged the characters so quickly that we could assume anything happened to them when we didn't see them. I think someone like Paul Stewart, if he'd lived, also would have been prime fodder for a gay storyline.

It would have been a very interesting story to tell in the wilderness years for Bob (between Jennifer's death and marrying Kim, he had no popular pairing, and few popular stories). Larry returns to town, a broken mess, on trial. Tom agrees to represent him, confused by Bob's vehement objections. Only Nancy understands, and she never, ever mentions it. A middle-aged man, suddenly questioning what he'd repressed. (I can hear P&G executives rolling in their graves)

Times like this I miss Ann Richards more and more. There were generations of feisty Texas Democrats who would have shut down the whole, "Blue states tell Texas to go away" mindset. Now the face of Texas is Rick Perry. I'm surprised at the Republicans who have jumped on Romney for his "gifts" comments. Beyond their welcoming a scapegoat, it also shows you the strong amount of personal dislike bottle up for him in the party.

If Harding Lemay had taken over at ATWT instead of AW, I think that actually would have happened.

Well, that sounds incredibly grim and pointless. Sometimes I think soaps want to chase viewers away. I think all that is missing is someone developing tuberculosis.

I meant I hope this stunt works out for Hollyoaks, in keeping the show around. Brendan and Ste can burn in Hollyoaks hell for all I care. Esther is such wasted potential. This story with her is one they've done about twenty times. Yes, it's true to life, but considering her background there must have been more to do for her.

Thanks. That's how it often is on soaps - ugly rewrites that end pointlessly. I guess he's like AMC's Josh Madden (they rewrote Erica Kane's abortion to claim she had a grown son, then a few years later, killed him off, never mentioning him again).

I have never seen such blatant baiting of a fanbase, ever. Or very rarely. Come on. This is Dean's reaction after post-Purgatory Cas has cleaned up, and asks how he looks.