Reply #25: I have a conservative-leaning friend with whom I do lots of things [View All]

[neebob]

Last night over dinner, we were discussing which movie to see after our Saturday afternoon workout. We live in a small town with only seven screens, and with so few choice there isn't usually much question. I suggested Friends With Money or Thank You for Smoking. My friend didn't seem too interested in either of those, so I said I could do The Sentinel, and of course there's Flight 93 but I'm not in the mood for that.

"I'm not, either," she said.

Then I chose to bend the sort of unspoken rule we have of not discussing politics or religion and added I'm not convinced Flight 93 wasn't shot down and either way, it's fiction. My friend gave me a look that was kind of disapproving and quizzical at the same time, and said, "Interesting."

After that I changed the subject. This is, after all, someone who once said she voted for Bush and would do it again. That's how I found out she isn't a liberal, and my other friend who wasn't too dumbfounded to speak asked her why, and she said she appreciated how he handled things after 9/11. And I had a hard time with that, so I just didn't want to go there again - but I can't help wondering where the conversation might have gone.