Could you date a republican?

[Ava]

I dumped a republican a few weeks ago. We had only been on a few dates, so I wouldn't say we were a couple. We got to talking about politics with some friends, and soon the discussion turned into an arguement. he called my website "stupid" and me an "idiot." needless to say, that was the last time i saw him. what's funny is a few days later he IM'd me to see if I wanted to go see a movie. Talk about an "idiot."

So, I'm asking you all this question: Do you think you could date a republican?

[miss_american_pie]

1. I'm married to one.

[GreenPartyVoter]

63. I married a conservative too.

[JohnKleeb]

2. Yeah

If our other interests lined up, I could definely do that.

[jukes]

39. kleeb

it doesn't count, you just want to get laid.

[JohnKleeb]

48. Eh thats true to a point

I do want to get laid but I don't let ideology affect me like that anymore, if the girl respects me despite our disagreements on politics and have coinciding interests in other ways then I wouldn't let something like political ideology get to me.

[ContraBass Black]

3. No, we would conflict so much that it would ruin the whole thing.

In less trying times, maybe.

[Fox Mulder]

4. I did once already...

it was okay. It was fun arguing with her on stuff...and then we'd make-up (in more ways then one...:evilgrin:).

But then I got sick of it and dumped her.

I don't think I'll date another Republican woman again. I have enough stress in my life as it is.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

5. Yeah if they sign up to go to Iraq first.

Well you know what I mean ..... :popcorn: :popcorn:

[skygazer]

6. I have in the past

But right now, I don't know if I could. There are plenty of people out there who are not raging neo-cons but still consider themselves republicans - still, it would be hard for me to have any respect for someone who could vote for bushco. Times are too volatile.

[tjdee]

7. Being a Republican indicates a mindset, and more than just politics.

I could never seriously date or fall in love with someone who aligned themselves with George W. Bush, of all people. But I find that the way someone is politically is usually a good indicator of a number of things about them.

I know and like a few Republicans, I respect two or three very deeply. But to share my life with one? Don't think it would work.

[riona]

64. i agree

there has to be something skewed about the mindset of a bush supporter

[Langis]

8. No way in hell

I couldn't do it.

[CarpeDiebold]

9. no way, but then again my parents are going to decide who i'll marry

or so they think. hehe.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Sure

There's Republicans and then there's neocon fundie asshats. :shrug:

Three of my best friends are Republicans. I sorta lust after one of 'em. :blush:

[LynzM]

26. I agree, OR

I was going to post much to the same affect... are we talking Repubs here, or neocon fundy asshats? Because I know plenty of repubs who hate Bush, too. If they were a socially liberal and fiscally conservative Repub...

[Wapsie B]

11. In this politcal climate? Not a chance.

[Left Is Write]

44. Those were going to be my exact words.

Good thing I saw yours first.

[Wapsie B]

55. Great minds think alike.

:)

[bridgit]

12. yes, i know many that think bush is a major dweeb...

a stain upon the nation :patriot:

[Fenris]

13. Never.

I have my standards.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. I did, many years ago.

But he was more of the old-school type Republican. I didn't agree with him on a number of things but I didn't think he was actually batshit crazy. He did, however, eventually two-time on me, proving himself to be a duplicitous bastard in other ways. But in the last 20 years, since Mr. Preppy Republican Dickwad cheated on me, so many Republicans have mutated into truly horrible, demented creatures. I can barely even talk to them now, can't imagine dating one.

[LeftyMom]

15. No freakin' way

After the last breakup I decided I really was insistent on holding out for a close ideological match (more for other stuff, honestly with politics it was just assumed.) As a result, I have no interest in righties, centrists, DLC dems and a whole lot of people who piss me off for other reasons.

[ismnotwasm]

16. Naw

Of course I'm married, but If I wasn't there is no way. I'm too verbal, too intense, too informed, and too involved.
But I have friends--a republican and a Liberal independant, who get along well. They've been married a long time. I give the rebublican shit all the time. When push comes to shove, I find that many of his "values" are more in line with a social liberal and fiscal conservative (He's a tax specialist)stance than what I would consider an actual republican at this point.
HOWEVER....he voted for that asshole bush and I will never forgive or let him forget, epecially since he's now regretting it.
We have a long-standing political feud.

[SeattleGirl]

17. Other. I was married to one once upon a time.

He's become more conservative over the years, though he's a decent guy. He's also my daughter's dad -- but she's a flaming liberal like her mom!!! Guess I did something right, huh?

[Ava]

19. sounds like my mom and I

I'm a liberal like her. My dad is ultra-conservative even though he doesn't really know why. :shrug:


thank god i live with my mom.

[Xipe Totec]

18. I usually date them at around the early XIX century

Laissez faire economics, robber barons, women are property, and so on.

But I guess that's not really what you meant, is it?

:evilgrin:

[Blue_Tires]

20. I've dated moderate repubs before

without much incident....as far as loving or marrying one, i seriously doubt it

[Guava Jelly]

21. being republican is a character flaw

I'd rather date a leper

[Bucky]

22. Sure. I rarely talk politics on a date. Wait, what I mean is I rarely date

Oops.

Seriously, tho, I have gone out with a Republican, but it wasn't in a heavy relationship. I'd like to think I'm open minded enough to find what's good in anybody I was attracted to, even if I disagree with them. I think I'd have to be pretty conceited to think that someone wasn't worthy of dating me just because she held different opinions on public policy.

On the other hand, I haven't really field tested this theory.

(on edit: My exwife evolved into a Republican after we split up. I'm pretty sure if we'd stayed together I wouldn't be a Democrat today; you can't vote in prison)

[sakabatou]

23. Yes, if she's a traditional republican and not a neo-con

[SofaKingLiberal]

24. NO!

:rofl:

[Mojambo]

25. Not gonna happen. n/t

[mvd]

27. Very little chance

I can't even get a crush on any of the Republican celebrties. I give celebrities the benefit of the doubt, but once I get a strong indication that they are a Repuke, the crush goes away. I do have some attraction to former VJ Kennedy - she happens to be fairly liberal socially, though conservative fiscally. For dating, any Bush or neo-con loving Repukes would be out completely. I feel too strongly here. The Republican would have to be not very partisan, anti-Iraq war, and more moderate than Snowe and Chafee. So, you can see how hard it would be for me to date a Republican.

[arwalden]

28. I Could Fuck One... But Not Date Or Marry One.

[Arugula Latte]

29. I like your high moral standards.

:toast:

[Deja Q]

30. I'm not sure. From my estimation,

they are compensating from something that's really really small and I like to think I'm a size queen. :crazy:

[Pale Blue Dot]

31. I did. Briefly.

I wasn't totally sure of her political affiliation right away, although I suspected that she might be Republican because she wasn't very... well, bright.

After a couple of dates she told me that she thought Bush was "a very nice man." I broke up with her later that week, although quite honestly she could have been the president of the Howard Dean fan club and I would have ended it.

[beyurslf]

32. No

[xchrom]

33. fuck? yes. -- date? no.

[Radical Activist]

34. Republican women take that kind of shit

Its their job to be obedient and subservient, right? You shouldn't be surprised that a Republican was such a condescending jerk and then asked you out again. He's probably used to women with no self respect who take that kind of treatment.

I couldn't have a serious relationship with a Republican, no. Most of them have an attitude that's fairly repulsive from the start, so even a fling with one is questionable.

[Laelth]

35. Not like I have much choice in the matter, but ...

Of the women who have chosen me in the past, it is the very liberal Mrs. Laelth who kept me. I'm glad for that. :D

-Laelth

[windy252]

36. I think like another poster said

In less stressful times. After the past 5 years, it'd be extremely difficult for me not to argue with them all the time. I already have a strained friendship because of it.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

37. Not on FSM's earth

That's too big a gulf (pun not intended) between their beliefs and mine. I could not get past their worship of the 'free market' and their support for a militaristic, misogynistic, classist, anti-intellectual, homophobic culture.

[maveric]

38. No. I view repubs as I do those who read the National Enquirer.

Shallow and not to be taken seriously.

[jukes]

40. it's an effort merely to be civil to a republican

and that fails if they bring up their perverseness in my presence.

[ChromeFoundry]

41. I'd rather eat worms and dirt... n/t

[Laelth]

42. Welcome to DU!

:patriot:

-Laelth

[TK421]

43. Give me a blindfold and a set of earplugs...then we can talk....

[Left Is Write]

45. I married a man who thought he was a moderate with conservative

leanings.

He had no idea he was actually a moderate with liberal leanings, and far more to the left than he realized.

[leftofthedial]

46. not without a body condom

god, can you imagine coupling with a fascist?

:puke: :hurts: :grr: :nuke: :scared: :thumbsdown: :cry: :banghead:

I'd let one buy dinner for me though.

[Robeson]

47. Screw, Yes. Date, No.

[Wapsie B]

49. Yeah I've done that one.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

50. if they weren't hardcore fundie, racist, or greedy I could

Of course that eliminates most Republicans, but still, I could probably date a moderate republican

[RagingInMiami]

51. Hell no

I broke up with my last live-in girlfriend because she was not only a republican, she called bush "a hero".

Bitch.

[Robeson]

52. Yuck.....

...that sucks. Man, you better check them out first, before you let them live-in. F'in is one thing, but living in, is a whole different ball game.

[SmileyBoy]

53. If it was a breathing female human of at least 18 years of age...

I would date a Nazi.

I'm THAT desperate.:(

[Ladyhawk]

54. Yeah, I date them at around 1925 or so. Is that about right? n/t

[Zorra]

56. Fuck no. To me, that would be exactly the same as dating a Nazi.

Republicans are destroying everything that is good about our country.

[DrGonzoLives]

57. I think politics has little do with being an asshole

Which is what that guy was, a dick. People who let politics guide every decision they make tend to turn out that way, regardless of ideology.

[Brewman_Jax]

58. Nope

I've found that one's politics are often a direct reflection of one's thought processes. Haven't met the republican that wasn't some combination of excessively selfish, willfully ignorant, mentally deluded, factually challenged, and morally bankrupt. :crazy:

[zanne]

59. Only if he didn't speak. nt

[LaurenG]

60. My "ex" is a republican (a severely unenlightened one)

I guess that says it all.

[slide to the left]

61. I tried

It didn't work. I married a lib with way lib parents.

[Radio_Guy]

62. Depends

I dated one for a few months and we never talked politics. As long as she kept those opinions to herself, I could see dating her. Now marriage is a whole different subject. No way could I marry a rethug. Date 'em, do 'em, and leave 'em on the curb.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

65. Define "Republican."

D'you mean rabid neocon scum of FR? Or "paleoconservative"? I can deal with old school Republicans, though they definitely aren't my first choice. I CAN'T deal with neocons. :crazy:

[dr.zoidberg]

66. I know I can because I'm dating one now.

She's more of a "classical" conservative. Judging from her beliefs she sounds more like Barry Goldwater than anything else. I'm not even really sure if that makes her a Republican. :shrug:
It doesn't bother me because we both the the humor of the rapant idiocy of both sides, sop it works out just fine. :)

[gollygee]

67. I have dated republicans

and it's OK so long as you both can debate current events without taking it personally.

I married a liberal.

[Orsino]

68. No.

I'd like to think that love conquers all, but if--Goddess forfend--I were ever on the market again, I doubt that I could sufficiently respect anyone even claiming to support the Republican misery machine.

[PassingFair]

69. The Four S's....

If you can put up with any ONE of these or any
COMBINATION thereof; then go for it.

I simply CAN'T imagine it.

The ONLY four reasons I can think of
for a human to vote for *ush:

STUPID --Uninformed
SCARED --Terror, Terror, Terror
SELFISH --I've GOT MINE!
SUPERSTITIOUS -- It's in GAWD's and DUBYA'S hands

No way could I sleep with a Repuke in this
time of crisis. If they are still supporting
this administration of death and destruction,
I can barely be civil to them, let alone
SLEEP with one of them.

Luckily, I'm married to a liberal guy!

[Patiod]

70. My best friend is a Republican

but I think dealing day to day with our city's appalling gangsteresque construction unions is what did her in.

What's funny is she looks EXACTLY like Hillary Clinton, and hates Hillary with a passion. If I ever told her I saw a resemblance, that would be it.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

71. Of course I could. Ann Coulter...

...looks like she was born in the year 1956.

There. I just dated a Republican.

[Rob H.]

72. No way

Dated one way back in college (15 years ago--oof, I hadn't realized so much time had passed), but she cheated on me and we broke up. I'm kinda glad it didn't work out since she was Republican and a Southern Baptist and I'm an agnostic Democrat. She was also one of those people who thought--and I wish I were kidding--that poor people are poor because they want to be poor and didn't think they deserved help. Now, I've never read The Bible or anything, but I'm pretty sure that isn't what that Jesus guy said.

That said, I have a mad crush on someone I've been friends with for a while but I honestly don't know what her political leanings are.