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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:25 PM Original message |
How do people date, even marry, Republicans if they are Liberal? |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. This has always mystified me, too. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. What is this "liberal republican" you speak of? nt |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I think the OP meant |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Bingo. nt |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yes, suninvited |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't know |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. My quick answer is that the "whole package" doesn't exist. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. i think a lot of people dont prioritize politics. i do but i know others who dont |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because someone's politics has very little to do with overall personality traits |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I think it's much easier to have religious differences than political ones |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's hard to remember in the echo chamber of DU but not all repubs are cut from the same cloth |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. I have a co-worker who is a Republican and is a very nice guy. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. My liberal sister has been married to my conservative BIL for almost 30 years. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hi |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe they're looking at a different "package". |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have no clue either. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ask my Mom |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. The BIG DEAL Breaker for me..... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. That's one I can't ever figure out. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I feel the same way |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It's a non-starter for me. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, it helps if one is aware of real life happenings. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'd rather be ignorant of something |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Could Not Do It Sorry No Way |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. thank god my 1st wife, may she rest in peace, had the patience to convert me from being |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. the repug we hear is not the majority. a lot of repugs are not the cartoon figure we get |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. We were married for 5 years before I got the nerve to ask. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Beats me. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. Because there is more to life than politics, |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It's not just "politics." |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No respect, eh? |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. *sigh* |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That's silly. That's so completely different than being in a serious personal relationship |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. I dated a few conservative women, as long as they were not jesus freaks it didn't bother me |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
34. My wife was a registered repub |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. Sexual attraction is the reason |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. the repug that marries a liberal is more open and accepting of another than say..... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Claire's Republican boyfriend on Six Feet Under |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. Because most people can see the whole person, not petty political stereotypes. |
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caitxrawks (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
39. my parents were political opposites. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. I could not do it, personally |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's never bothered me in the least... |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-31-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Opposites attract. The fights are bad but the make up sex can be good. |
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