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Just the four of them.

I hope this doesn't mean she's leaving The View! Joy goes, I go. Her show where friends came and chatted took place in her kitchen, which was very cozy and inviting.

I got it, and I think the clue was the same trick my teacher taught us to help remember all the state capitols, back when we had to memorize them. I've forgotten most, but I got it right away.

Whoopi and Sunny took very different paths from a challenging beginning, and they are both very successful women. It's almost like the movie Sliding Doors, where two very different stories play out in the same woman's life, but at the end, she ends up in the same place both times. So I think most people would look at Whoopi and Sunny with admiration. From childhood poverty in the projects to sitting at The View's table is inspiring. But Whoopi feels compelled to put down Sunny. I can only think that jealousy is playing a part, but until we get a Whoopi-dearest tell-all, we won't know for sure.

I think Whoopi is threatened when she can't be the Queen Bee. She didn't like Rosie because Rosie had successfully run a successful talk show (and could out-moderate Whoopi if she so chose). My theory on why she doesn't like Sunny is that they are both women of color from the projects; Sunny is an educated, well-spoken professional who has a traditional family and Whoopi is the opposite of that. (I don't care how many times Whoopi says she didn't want that, I don't believe her, given the number of times she has married.) And while she is wildly successful, I don't think she likes having someone else with a rags-to-riches story, as they both have (and for which I admire them both).

How old is Alan? Because I know he looks younger than his age, but wow, I'm impressed by his knowledge as such a young man.

I know... he's like a combo of Eddie Haskell and Eddie Munster. If you're gonna have a GOP unattainable crush, why not Aaron Schock? Marco Rubio? John Thune? Sean Duffy? I find their politics abhorrent, but they are attractive and of course, in MeghanWorld, their most sexy trait is that they have "R" after their names. I'm a little sick of her One-Note Johnny (e/o/e/m/f) routine. She has to have a GOP elephant on her Halloween costume? She has to have a "sexiest man alive" be a Republican? Boring!

And that's just sad. I learned a long time ago from a boss (who was quite a bit younger than me!) that strong people act, weaker people react. Meghan just let all her critics know they got to her.

I know the feeling, although not with Jeopardy. (See my avatar and think 7th game of 2016 World Series.) You must be doing a great job as a parent if your kids (1) watch, (2) care, and (3) emote about Jeopardy.

It seems like a no-brainer to me, and you, but the way Meghan went into Total Jedidiahesque Rapid-Fire Deflection Mode™ the day the indictments linking the current administration to Russia came out, I was truly shocked by her today, in a good way. I think maybe Dad talked to her about being on the wrong side of history if she continues down the path she was on. There's being a lifelong Republican, and there's being willfully obstinate.

Knock me over and call me Josephine. I not only agreed with Meghan about how scary it is that Trump is sucking up to the world's dictators (and alienating our allies), but I admired her passion. Maybe weekends at home are good for her?

Joy is old and/or wise enough to know that work is work, and her real life is outside the studio doors. It took me a long time and a lot of drama to realize the same thing.

Liz Smith, the gossip columnist? She was 94.

I have a ton of traditionalist English friends, so I knew the George Cross right away. St. George's cross often represents England, particularly in international sports. It's a red "plus" sign. The Union Jack combines the crosses of the patron saints of three countries in the United Kingdom, including St George's cross (England), St Andrew's cross/saltire (Scotland), and St Patrick's saltire (Ireland). Poor St David of Wales didn't make the cut, for some reason.

Whoopi is dyslexic. Not (to our knowledge) Sara. Something got deleted in the quotation.

When it comes to sexual contact with minors, there is no "TEAM." There is compassion for the victim and a hope for justice for the pedophile. In my book, any response other than that is unacceptable.

Joy is informed. And passionate about her views. She doesn't toe any party line, those are her feelings. She's way past the point of caring what anyone thinks about her. I've said it before, I come from conservative Republicans (at least they were before the Tea Party took over the party; now they consider themselves disenfranchised from the GOP). So I know that there are people like Joy on the other side. Why this show has so much of a problem finding them is a mystery. You either get knee-jerk oppositionists like Elisabeth and Meghan, who say they believe what they believe but can't defend it. Or Candace, who strongly believed in conservative values, but wasn't quite sure why and couldn't explain or defend it to save her life. Or Jedidiah, who was sometimes an independent, a libertarian, a conservative, and a Republican all on the same day. Meghan has said in the past that she held Trump and Hillary in the same low estimation ("garbage"). So I'm thinking that's why she does such a piss-poor job of defending him. It's not authentic, and she comes across as not authentic. She never joins in the "girl talk" or teasing. She just sits there, hands folded, TENSE, waiting to spew Fox News talking points. She doesn't look like she's enjoying this for a minute. And it shows.

And I was going berserk, because while I was fairly sure Mary Cassatt had not been put to death by the US, that's the only name that was coming to mind.

Gah! Bolting - Dapping - Mimicry - This all conspires to make me miss Tom Nissley, who managed to look relaxed, confident and affable each time he was introduced. No waves to mom or theatrics. Along with Julia and Larissa, my favorite Jeopardy champ.

Eh, that didn't bother me, but her continually gushing like a teenybopper over celebrities and the fact that she kept on saying she was new at this, golly gee!, bugged the crap out of me. She is really great on MSNBC, but she didn't make a good impression on me during her View time. As for "tough chicks," I think that's Sunny. She is absolutely fearless. I am still marveling at her reaction to Meghan when the Mueller indictments came out. She started to read them, MM interrupted and started deflecting with Obama! Crooked Hillary! Politics as usual! Putin and Assad! Human Rights Crisis! and after five minutes of absolutely wasted airtime, Sunny asked pointedly if they could please get back to discussing the biggest news story of the month, which involved two of the President's advisors being charged with -- among other things -- conspiracy against the United States, which is pretty damn close to treason in my opinion. Love Sunny and her impatience with bullshit.

Three political guests in one week. I like. Jeff Flake is an Arizona senator, right? I bet MM will be hogging the entire discussion.

I think you hit the nail on the head. She sits there all silent and judgey and waits for an opportunity to spew out her political views (often deflecting from the actual discussion to go to a talking point). I know she has a real personality, and can be light-hearted, but this is just not fun to watch.

I work on my laptop while I have the TV on in the background, so I do a lot of pausing the DVR. Sometimes it's inadvertently funny. Today Meghan tried to deflect the conversation about Trump cronies lying under oath by bringing up Assad and Putin and various refugee crises and oh, I don't know, the smell of fresh-baked bread, and Whoopi stopped her with the statement: "Russia's all over everything, and the person's who's in, the buck stops with the guy who's got the gig. Your dad taught me that, the buck stops with the guy who's got the gig." And this is the very face that Meghan made at that perfectly placed zinger:

I was so proud of Sunny for saying something along the lines of, now that we've discussed every deflection possible, can we finally talk about the biggest news of the day?

In my opinion, Meghan is trying so hard to be The Conservative on this show that she's forgotten to act like a human being. Loosen up a little, girl! As for liberals like Joy and Whoopi taking their marching orders from MSNBC -- they were card-carrying flaming liberals long before there was cable news. They also can talk easily about other subjects. Meghan needs to learn from them. As for Sunny, she's a great example of being socially conservative and politically open-minded. She was attempting (until she was interrupted) to simply read the indictments handed down by Robert Mueller, a registered Republican who was appointed by a Republican president. As others have said, this show works best when it's women discussing news of the day. I don't know who's pigeonholing MM into thinking she can only be The Conservative, whether it's the showrunners or her own self, but it's not doing her any favors.