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Florida is fool's gold for Democrats. There's a lot of pundit push and social media push about how Hispanics are supporting Trump and Biden has failed to win them, but even when Hillary did very well among them in 2016, she still didn't win. This race is going to be very close, I have felt this all along, and as it gets closer I am nervous of how many are going to just give in to despair and not bother to commit their time or vote. @marceline that's true about that faction of the left. I believe many will vote for Trump. I just hope they don't live in swing states. Speaking of polls, Rasmussen has Biden up by 4 in Ohio, although that poll is junk. Still, maybe it will be close.

I thought Charles Grant worked well with Anne Heche, and the few times we saw him with the Frames. The triangle with Sam and Amanda just became so tedious.

I don't even want to post them here but Twitter is full of hate rallies and physical assaults all over Oregon from Proud Boys and other Nazi groups today. This is our future.

It's pathetic, if not surprising, how fast many fauxgressives, naturally including Glenn Greenwald, got so happy over Trump's comments about the Pentagon, going on about how he says the truth, that he has run against Republicans more than the Clintons ever did, that this is why he will win, etc. The left is still so divided and so eager to amplify and lap up anything Trump says. I do believe Trump has been skimming off the top, and I also believe many are robbing him blind, but I also feel like they are trying to lull Biden's campaign into a false sense of security as they have a ton of outside help (including Swiftboat veterans). Fortunately I don't think Biden's people are falling for it, and the blatantly biased media (which just today was trying to tsk-tsk Biden for telling groups that Trump has caused their problems) is probably keeping them on their toes as well.

Sorry to hear this. Mac was, in his first 3-4 seasons, such a wonderful character and added an everyday element to Knots, a perfect balance of melodrama and goofy comedy. Dobson was in his element there. And he and Michele Lee was a good team.

Thanks. That sounds right. I'm so glad I didn't have to see any of that - the later Beth/Rick material was bad enough.

I think someone here posted synopses from 1976 - wasn't Rick missing and a big story point was about Leslie believing he was dead, or something? Sorry, I know this was already answered - I was just responding to the second part. I could swear I read something about them considering a recast of Rick not long after MOL left in 1991, but I'm not sure.

@BetterForgotten sorry - I see what you meant. Yeah I think the cast have mostly long given up. The writing for Stacey has been terrible the last few years and doesn't seem likely to improve.

I don't think the show would have been interested in Rick whoever was in the role, to be honest, which is why I suggested another role, but I see what you mean.

PMV would have been a great hire for GL (I know he had a small role but I mean a more permanent part). I might have brought him in as a recast of someone like Johnny Bauer and tried to expand the Bauer family that way.

That's great publicity for Justina. I won't be watching, but I wish her the best.

Amanda could have a real moment with that part, if it's handled properly. 1994 ad with Kimmy Robertson.

@danfling I'm sorry to hear that (and about your father). This has probably been online before, but:

I'm in 1966 with my parents (near the end of the Matthew Morgan story) and while I find the show a bit exhausting (mostly due to David, Burke and Carolyn irritating me), I have been trying to take in Roger as much as I can because I remember that once Barnabas arrives the character soon loses any complexity or purpose. I wonder why the show never did more with the lawyer beau of Vicky's played by Conrad Fowkes. He is oddly prominent in the episodes where Vicky first disappears (after she realizes Matthew killed Bill) - almost as if Burke was intended for that part. I know Mitchell Ryan was having his issues... Jason was a very one-note character and could have used a reduction in airtime, even if the story was compelling.

I get the feeling from what she's said that Lacey is happier backstage than she was in past years, as she is apparently very good friends with James Bye. It's just a shame that the show has squandered Stacey so much to where it's going to take an incredibly strong team to rehab the character.

NBC is repeating Chadwick Boseman's SNL episode tonight (in the 11:30 slot I believe). https://deadline.com/2020/09/snl-chadwick-boseman-hosted-episode-1234571516/ The 10 PM episode is the episode Maya hosted in 2012.

NBC is repeating Chadwick Boseman's SNL episode tonight (in the 11:30 slot I believe). https://deadline.com/2020/09/snl-chadwick-boseman-hosted-episode-1234571516/

I just saw that. [!@#$%^&*] hilarious.

I wonder at times if Marland was humbled by his unpleasant experience at GL and whatever happened at Loving. I was surprised to see an older interview with him from The Doctors where he basically criticized Julia Duffy for leaving the show as he didn't get to tell the story he planned for Penny.

Not surprised to see in the above comments that NPR is even worse than NYT on this story. Both outlets rely on the GOP and on Trump and aren't subtle about that fact. Sadly many will believe them, even as moments like this prove the story is true:

What that means is Trump will still cut off funding but hopes the media will now ignore the story (which they will). He's lucky that Kelly is so spineless and that we will likely just keep getting off the record sources, which again means the media will lose interest. (I was surprised that someone at Fox News confirmed the story - they must be having a big internal battle these days). Howard Dean says it best: Hopefully their ballots will be treated carefully and safely, and kept away from pigs like Barr and Trump. I had forgotten the military was tied between Gary Johnson and Trump in 2016. Clearly that did not last long. Not sure where they will end up this year. Some in my family who are long retired love Trump, others hate him.

No one has said that as it is still months away, but polls have moved more in that direction in states like North Carolina. Presumably Arizona and ideally Maine and Colorado (minus one with Alabama going the other way) will flip, but after that is going to be much tougher. If I am wrong I will be very happy.

I think McConnell knows there's a good chance Republicans will keep the Senate (polling is heading their way), but he's doing what he can while he can. A part of me is glad Biden is so blunt about that wretched Q cult but it makes me worry for his safety. And I'm not exaggerating. Look at this:

The "both sides are the same" people will turn a blind eye to this, and the media that would sell their entire families for one more day of him in office will turn a blind eye to this, but there is no turning back if he is reelected. Stars and Stripes is something I saw all the time with family members who were military - and now it's just gone, even though we were told over and over these things just aren't going to happen.