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Oh, well. So long, Keebler Elf. Guess that's the way the Chips Deluxe Cookie crumbles. Forget about trigging a "constitutional crisis," Chuck Schumer. If Trump gets his way, Mueller is fired and the investigation is shut down, there will be literal blood in the streets. The L.A. Riots will look like frat boys' rough housing by comparison. As an Oklahoman, I would say the same about Governor-Elect Kevin Stitt...except Mary Fallin did a pretty good job burying us. Stitt's only there to throw one last rose on our state's coffin.

Donald Trump and Jim Acosta: the love/hate relationship of our times.

Who does Trump think we are? China? Don't answer that.

Exactly. So what would the harm be in legalizing and/or de-criminalizing those vices in this country? If anything, they're popular, for lack of a better word, because we tend to look at them as "forbidden fruit;" yet, removing that aura of forbidden-ness through legislation might help remove the appeal. Seriously, when is it not?

Well, for one thing, Mary Todd Lincoln might have had a better wardrobe.

I'll go even further: legalize recreational marijuana, legalize gambling (why should the Native Americans have all the fun? ;)), legalize prostitution. Enough of this hypocritical "We know what's best for you" b.s. If they truly knew what was best for us, they'd outlaw (again) the sale and consumption of alcohol, as well as every all you can eat buffet and fast-food joint in the land. Those things, along with the growing opioid epidemic, is hurting this country more than some damn weed. They do. But they also don't want Obama to take away their guns (even though he isn't president anymore and didn't when he was), or Hillary (or her emails) to get away with killing those men in Benghazi (even though the fifty-some-odd-and-counting investigations into the matter have cleared her of any wrongdoing), or Planned Parenthood to sell any more aborted fetuses (which isn't true, has been debunked soundly, etc.). They want girls to stay girls, men to stay men, men and girls to marry each other, people to stand up before the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance ("or else"), and all black and brown people to stay the hell out of America. The GOP knows that, and so that's what they use to win their votes.

IA. Being the "anti-Trump party" got them this far. However, if the Democratic Party wants to cement last night's victories and move forward, they need to begin work now on rebuilding "from the ground up," with fresh faces and voices, and truly progressive ideas on how to heal the economic and other wounds that continue to fester throughout this country. Last night and the run-up to it were just the start; now, the real work must begin. Yes. It. Is. The ACA ain't perfect, but dammit, it's better than what we had before, which was (old joke, I know) a package of band-aids and that bottle of Robitussin that your mama kept even when y'all moved thirty years ago. I think that has to be the unkindest cut of all for Trump.

Now, more than ever, I'm pulling for Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and her "Designing Women" reboot/revival. You KNOW she's gonna have a thing or two to say about this [!@#$%^&*].

Again, not surprised. Folks, there's no other way around it: nationalism has swept our country; and like any common cold or flu (or reboot/revival craze), we're just gonna have to ride it out. (As it is, there's little our generation could have done to fix the messes of the past two years. Even if the Dems had made bigger inroads tonight, it still would've been up to our kids and grandkids to figure out how to get us back to where we were before Trump.) But, at least the Dems have regained control of the House, putting (as others have said upthread) an effective check and balance against Trump and the GOP. It might not be the "blue wave" many had dreamed of, but it's something.

Good. Now, about impeaching B**** K********..... I'm literally stunned about Horn's victory. What happened, my fellow Okies? Did you mark your ballots wrong? Yeah, that's probably what y'all did.

Something similar happened here in OK. Kevin Stitt won the gubernatorial race; yet, if you break it down, you see that his opponent, Drew Edmondson, won OKC, which is our state's capital and biggest city. My theory: Stitt's victory came from the smaller towns, which, I am sorry to say, will never see their way toward voting for anyone except a Republican. Those people are hardcore "Grapes of Wrath" folks, folks. I'm moving to Colorado. (Heck, it's only one state away for me, lol.)

That's really the only thing I was hoping for (and am still hoping for).

I'm not even going to bother with any results in OK, lol.

Sadly, that video was more compelling than anything I've seen Bradley Bell write for her on B&B.

I am SO happy to hear about the Native American turnout in ND.

It's amazing how much of the original kitchen they recaptured in the reboot.

At the risk of sounding like those idiot pundits on television and online, the GA gubernatorial race might be one of those occasions where people will be going to bed not knowing who the winner is.

And I'll bet Seannie looked just as awkward up there as Courteney did when she, um, danced, too. Oh, my goodness. Kemp screwed (momentarily) by his own laws. That's rich. Thanks, Vee!

If only *I* had been driven to my polling location by "Jack McCoy," lol. Missing power cords/not plugged in? Locked in a closet? I'd laugh at the second grade-level skulduggery if this weren't so damned serious. And could someone tell me if it was true that Brian Kemp was foiled by his own voter ID law? 'Cuz if it is, then that is too damn funny, and too damn perfect.

Fortunately, there were paper ballots at my voting location. As long as you can color inside the appropriate box (with a pen that the election board provides), you're good. Of course, they still had to be fed through a scanner when completed. And there's always a possibility of ballots simply being thrown away. Damn, this is a depressing line of thought. No wonder I hadn't voted more often. I wish it were possible to vote online or by smartphone (or both).

You know what would be a better way to say F U? Feeding Kemp and his ilk the same bad street tacos that had me camped out in my bathroom two nights ago.

I voted as well, even as I continue to battle food poisoning. Fortunately, I didn't have to wait TOO long in line to vote. I was in and out of a local Anglican church within an hour. Unfortunately, though, OK has been, is and will continue be a "deep red" state; so, unless Pam Long has another Christmas miracle up her sleeve, I don't expect much to change here. Nevertheless, I felt it was important at least to cast my vote on several state questions that could, if passed, result in amendments to our state's constitution.

Please don't take my comment personally, ClassicTVShowsFan. It wasn't directed toward you at all. By all means, share with us whatever you wish to. Same here. Nevertheless, I think the article makes two good points: 1) that it was NOT "economic anxiety," as Mathis and others have phrased it, that powered Trump; and 2) that newsrooms need more and better representation of people of color.

I am not here for washed-up child actors wanting to become relevant again.

BREAKING: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/11/02/trump-request-to-stay-emoluments-suit-denied-potentially-allowing-plaintiffs-to-seek-details-on-his-d-c-hotels-foreign-customers/?utm_term=.73282203e98b