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Some other poll (admittedly I think this poll was probably GOP-friendly) out in the last day or two mentioned 7 or 8 states where a sizable amount of Biden 2020 voters have moved to Trump. Most aren't, of course, and some would have moved even if Biden had stayed in, but it did make me wonder how many are just not going to vote for a woman, or a WOC. My main fears with the election, beyond the Trump overperformance compared to polling in 2016 and 2020, is how many still don't know or trust Harris and how many still believe Trump is better on immigration and the economy. Beyond those fears, I do think there may be a lot of people who won't give Harris a chance and are just going to become more comfortable making that clear as we get closer to Election Day.

Thanks as always.

I think if Kamala Harris were better known by the public it would not have an effect, but in such a close election, with so many still not sure of her, every vote worries me.

Sometimes I want to just laugh off the "Comrade Kamala" stuff until I remember how effective it is for some voters, no matter how much she has tried to take a more centrist path. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8jg11ynj7o

I don't think it alone is enough to make a difference, I just think a thousand cuts tend to happen when Trump is involved.

Trump is gathering up a coat of many hatemongers. I still think the race is close enough to where it could make the difference.

This is stirring up such a hornet's nest in reviving all the old attacks against Harris, especially due to some who are going so far in attacking Janet, her family, etc.

Thanks. I've heard of it but never watched the full scene. That's very sweet. Wish they did that type of silliness now. I thought it was illegal for any wedding video to be played on Ramsay Street that wasn't Scott and Charlene.

Oh that's right. Thanks.

You're right. They did give Annie a few layers (like saving Abby from the house fire but not Reva) but could have gone further. I remember LBB dancing on a table or something. I think her spark helped make her more memorable but the Reva Jr aspects, not as much. It might have been more interesting to write Marah as withdrawn and fearful, contrasting with vivacious Reva. McKeon probably could have tapped into that if they had tried. I remembered Daisy but I thought that was all offcamera. Sonni also had a miscarriage.

I can't remember any either - there were a number of miscarriages instead. A far cry from soaps now with endless babies. Seeing Bill, Michelle and Ben as friends definitely endeared them more to viewers, at least with the original actors (the recasts never recaptured it). I don't think it helps with your memories that Shayne and Marah never had anything interesting to do as adults anyway.

I wonder if Frank is trying to sabotage Lucky's return. He had to get rid of a number of his friends, and he clearly wasn't interested in bringing Lucky back himself given that it hasn't happened over the last decade. It also seems convenient that they decided to start the story when Genie Francis was away, given some of his issues with her. Then again, they did a lousy job with Jason's return too, so maybe they are just surrendering to complete apathy.

I thought Laura Bell Bundy was OK, but I never cared enough about her or her stories. I think the circumstances of her firing ended up making people rally around her. I do think she was more believable as a Lewis and a Shayne than Lindsey McKeon, but you're right that the writing was never there. When Reva first returned there was natural conflict to be found in Marah and Shayne preferring Annie to her, but the show had to make Annie evil because that was the easier choice (and that probably did save the show from being canceled). Kimberly J Brown was the best of the Marahs, for whatever that was worth. I remember seeing a bit of an episode where she briefly returned, which must have been odd for viewers who had never seen her in the role originally and just remembered a vapid blonde tearing off her clothes and begging to be raped. IIRC he did have a very loud fanbase, which similar to the loud fanbases for Gus/Harley and Michelle/Danny seemed to dominate the show's final years. I remember being bewildered at the time because I actually DID like Bradley Cole as Richard, and I even liked Richard/Cassie (even if he had more chemistry with Edmund...), but I was not sending flowers or doing letter writing campaigns for him, and I sure wasn't interested in watching him [!@#$%^&*] Marah or Beth or whoever it was on the floor of a Chinese restaurant. I liked him at GL too, the little I remember now. I know he had one of those generic "goes overseas and is scarred by war trauma" stories soaps love. I think he did his best with some shocking material at AMC. My good will did not go far enough to watch the retcons of Nina he was involved in on Y&R. I do think having two former AMC men leading in GL's last year is a reminder of how the show had lost its identity, although AMC got their own back by hiring RPG, I suppose.

It goes on and on and on, with some of the all time worst "journalists" out there, all in a certain demographic...

He had a lot of potential and felt very natural. Failing with Marah and Shayne recasts around that period is one of the reasons it was so easy for Jonathan to just devour the show. I can't even remember if either of them had any real interaction with him.

Given the rumors that she's had to deal with for much of her career, it's also a bit saddening she is taking the same path. Between that part, the Qanon rambling, and the revelation of just how much control Randy has over his career, I mostly leave worried about the state she may be in at present.

Thanks as always @slick jones for all this work. I did a double take realizing Hardt was not Constance Towards. And thanks to @jam6242 for the James Earl Jones interview. More in depth than I had expected. I'm glad he had a positive view of the soaps.

I remember all the talk about the wrestling videos... He seems to have an Instagram where he still does casting. If it's true, good for him.

If you haven't seen Susan Dey's SNL episode she's a lot of fun and does an OK job with the comedy. (sorry I know this is off topic)

I was barely hanging on around that time but I mostly just remember him as very wooden and...not overly believable with the ladies.

He wasn't working as an actor then either. To be fair, he did seem to have success in casting, if that is the same Marty West (you can never tell with IMDB).

She is also getting a lot of support from people who are using her to stir up more racial hatred and reminding us that Trump has done nothing against black people, and so on. She is so high profile it's a dream come true for Trump, although I think opinions are much more baked in this year than in 2016 so it won't have as much impact.

@Vee Thanks. I saw some of her sycophants going around saying it wasn't an actual affair and the whole thing was being overblown, or who cares this is just typical of the industry, but if he is going around showing smut shots of her then it shows just how dangerous her actions were. And it shows just what a piece of trash RFK Jr is, 70 years old and still the toxic frat bro at heart. @janea4old That's horrible. Another example of the nihilist, slimy Gawker mentality in so many of those types of papers. The little I read about the article after you mentioned it sickened me.

I was saddened to read this, but it does remind me how many out there do believe and end up spreading these attacks (I don't think Janet meant it in a negative way).

They did, yes.