Casey Liss

And 9.30, the two of us looked at each other and we were like, okay. I don't like how this feels. I'm just going to go to bed. And we went to bed. I slept like trash. And at about five, I gave up and woke up, looked at the news and saw, Oh no. Oh no.

And by the time I actually hauled myself out of bed at like six 30 ish, uh, what was a theoretical ending became a official in the terms of like the AP called it, CNN called it, they called it for Trump. And, um, I've, uh, I've been really sad. I've been really sad all day. I've been really dejected all day. I've been really worried all day.

Not as much about me particularly, but I'm worried a fair bit for the women in my life. You know, I'm not... I'm too terribly concerned for Erin because, you know, we are officially done having babies. We are surgically done with having babies. So short of something very unusual happening, all of the baby related stuff, I'm not too worried about.

But there's a lot of women's health care that is not strictly about baby making, despite what many men seem to believe. Uh, and that concerns me. And I'm very concerned for Michaela. You know, she'll be 10 when this, well, she'll be 10, four years from now. We'll see if that's the end of, uh, of this term of presidency.

Um, I'm worried for, for her, but the people I'm really worried for are the people that are, that don't look like me. And I'm very scared for them. And I am at a loss for what to do. I've been interrogating within myself and talking with friends about, like, how did we get here? And we can talk about that if the two of you want to. I don't have any strong answers.

I have theories, but no strong answers. But I'm just – I'm really sad. I'm really sad that we as a country have decided that this is what we want. And, you know, even despite our full-throated endorsement last episode, which I stand behind – I think all three of us could make passionate arguments, and well, let me just speak for myself.

I can make a passionate argument that Kamala was not a stellar choice, but it was the choice we had, and so that's the choice I went with. And I feel like it's hard for me to wrap my head around, and it's hard for me to figure out

how do I tell my kids that a man who is convicted of how many felonies, a man who at least suggested, if not caused an insurrection on, on, on the Capitol of the United States of America, that, uh, seems to be saying very, very full-throatedly that he would like to prosecute or otherwise imprison or get rid of the people who he considers his enemies, be they domestic or foreign.

A man who's a pathological liar, a man who's cognitively falling apart, how can I look to my kids and say, there are consequences for your actions when, as far as I can tell, he's never had a consequence for his action other than failing upwards. And how do I accept that half of the country is enthusiastic about this? And again, I have some theories, but it's just hard to wrap my head around.

And, you know, we've got some feedback from last week's episode. Most of it was very positive, and I very much appreciate it. Some of it was not so positive, but thankfully, was mostly presented with respect, which I appreciated. But a couple of the people who wrote us were like, I couldn't believe that anyone could vote for Joe Biden. I couldn't believe that anyone would vote for him.

I feel like our country's going down the tube when we elected Joe Biden. And I don't doubt that that's how they felt, but I try to wrap my head around What the hell? Why? Why did you feel that way? And I got no answers. Like, I just got no answers. Like, the man was, especially this election cycle, you know, he bowed out because he was also cognitively falling apart.

But I don't think Joe Biden was a bad guy. Whereas Trump... is a bad man. And like, I don't know, where do, where do we go from here? What do we, what do we tell the women in minorities and, and you know, the LG, LBGTQIA community? Like, what do we tell these people? What do we do other than try to defend them when we can? And what the do we do?

Make me feel better, John.

I would not agree with that characterization. I would say it was suggested that we not spoil one of our member specials as an enticement for people to become members because then they will already know what happens. But now they have to become members to find out. And that was my suggestion. Not an edict, not a command, but a suggestion.

I would not agree with that characterization. I would say it was suggested that we not spoil one of our member specials as an enticement for people to become members because then they will already know what happens. But now they have to become members to find out. And that was my suggestion. Not an edict, not a command, but a suggestion.

Could you characterize that down? Exactly how down was this host? The host was me. How down? Like F tier?

Could you characterize that down? Exactly how down was this host? The host was me. How down? Like F tier?

I'll say that's interesting because what I was going to say is I also see all the feedback and I think the feedback is pretty much evenly split. No, no, there is pretty much evenly split.

I'll say that's interesting because what I was going to say is I also see all the feedback and I think the feedback is pretty much evenly split. No, no, there is pretty much evenly split.

Fantastic. I didn't actually count them because I didn't think I'd get any resistance to this because it was so clear from the feedback that I'm getting that it's pretty evenly split. Oh, please. Go read them again. Well, maybe we should count them up.