How has the emergence of BUSH affected your personal relationships?

[UdoKier]

Poll question: How has the emergence of BUSH affected your personal relationships?

How has the emergence of the POS BUSH affected your personal relationships?

[cjbuchanan]

1. I try not to talk politics with my family

A couple of years ago, my father told me that he thinks Tom Daschle is a communist. This floored me. No matter what I said, it was going nowhere.

He also told me that he didn't think Daschle loved this country. When I brought up Daschle's service in the military, he had no knowledge of it, but he quickly said that he doubt he served in any great way.

The conversation went downhill from there.

Needless to say, I don't talk politics unless someone else in the family brings it up.

[UdoKier]

2. A lot of people are like this.

I'm amazed that they can restrain themselves. I never back down on this stuff. None of my relatives are that far out there, but I'm pretty persistent.

Not saying I'm right in doing so - it certainly can cause tension, but it's just how I am.

[cjbuchanan]

4. The thing that bugs me about my dad is...

He really is a very smart guy. He has also traveled all around the world, so he knows what is out there. Hell, he was even a Dem till 1984. But in the last 10 years, he has gone from slightly right to lunatic right.

I just don't understand.

[sweetheart]

3. Multiples

I don't talk to my mum, and may not until she dies, with her and
her freeper husband (not my dad) can hang with the loonies and
(in classic mom style) deny that anything's amiss.

Dad and i are better mates, and he even posts on DU occasionally.

Sister and i get along better her being a kerry supporter and
whatnot.

Spouse and i have different roles with each other, no less love, just
different roles as the household economics have re-calibrated to the
fact that bush attacks my profession... (housewife is my new
profession... different than director, engineer and other past roles,
much less and MORE rewarding).

I have cut off all people i know that support bush. They're not
worth talking to.

[FatSlob]

5. None, we all have always gotten along fine.

We are mature about it.

[AlinPA]

6. In an organization that I belong to, I now look the other way or ignore

those who are know rpigs. Previously would politely say hello, make small talk at meetings. F--- the dirty bastards, I don't need them.

[Ripley]

7. Can't talk to my sister anymore.

The last time I talked to her was right before hurricane Ivan was going to pass over my house. I was getting prepared and kind of nervous. She called to ask how I was, then no less than 2 minutes into the conversation she said "Don't you know that bullshit about global warming has nothing to do with these hurricanes?" I insisted I wasn't going to fight about politics because I had more important things on my mind. She kept screaming her repuke talking points and I finally hung up. Haven't talked to her since and don't plan on it.

[foreigncorrespondent]

8. Well you all know...

...mine and Sapphs story. Probably if Bush* wasn't in office the PPIA wuld have passed by now, and we would be together.

As for relatinships with my family. Any member of my family who vote against my rights as a citizen of my country and this world, I do not bother with. As for my family who are true liberals I see them all the time. And we do talk politics a lot.

[partisan to truth]

9. as much as it pains me to do so, I shut my mouth around certain...

freeper friends. One in particular comes to mind who is a staunch supporter of * b/c he does what he says he's going to do, even when the whooooole world disagrees with him (and half the country I contemplate adding). In light of this, she asserts that * Is a strong person, with moral values.

Another tidbit, the same girl called me in hysterics (no pun intended)last year to tell me that she was pregnant and needed to have an abortion. She stopped taking birth control b/c it was too expensive and ended up paying over 600bucks for the procedure (which happened to be the least expensive and most unsafe/painful option). The expense was due to the fact that she waited so long to get the money for it (I loaned her 300 to help...). Anyway... so yeah, freeper friends complicate things for me.

[Options Remain]

10. "You voted for Bush?"

"You are DEAD to me! Enjoy whats coming you deserve it."

TearForger

[Sympleesmshn]

11. I am surrounded by republicans

I go to a private school, in a southern red state, and my Democratic friend and I are picked on for our Free Thinking. I cant stand being out numbered about 10 to 1.

[Ladyhawk]

12. I'm close to severing ties.

This Bush-loving business is just the latest fiasco. My counselor pegged my family as "fascists" long before Bush* even showed up.

[LUCSocgrad]

14. Try living with a repuke...

I am a 24 year old female with two male roommates, one who is a good democrat and the other a crazy right winged *loving Catholic...election night, and hell every night leading up to it, were not fun nights around this apartment. And we haven't spoken a word to one another in one week and 2 days..go figure

[Piperay]

13. I have no contact with repukes

whatsoever, my father & brother & boyfriend are Democrats and we have nothing to do with our repuke extended family (other reasons than political).

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

15. Not at all, really.

My friends are Republicans, and although they backed Bush, they're moderate on social issues, and the other stuff we don't talk about much (save the general foreign policy stuff). My family is basically more liberal than I am on a lot of the economic/political issues, but (my parents in particular)are more conservative on the social issues (gay marriage, school prayer, etc). I'm a moderate myself, so I fit in somewhere in this mix.

Family and friendships should transcend politics. If James Carville and Mary Matialin can do it, why can't we? (Why did I have to bring that up?)

[Woody Wood]

16. one of my best friends

is the total political opposite. we've talked politics a few times, but we've always gotten along beautifully.

[oblivious]

17. Find it hard to deal with dear friends who fell for the war propaganda.

Hardly have the stomach to talk to them any more. However, it's caused a few, who know how seriously I do my research, to do more reading into the matter. So maybe there's hope.