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Sun Jan-30-11 09:18 PM
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Poll question: If married, which describes the political pairing of your marriage? |
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Sun Jan-30-11 09:21 PM
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1. Initially strong political opposites but wife is coming my way more and more... |
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Sun Jan-30-11 09:41 PM
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....my hagilicious wife is today, a conservative....when she was younger she used to be a political agnostic, never caring much for politics....
....but as she's gotten older and more contentious, I find her positioning herself more and more with reactionaries....her family has always been a hot-bed of reactionaries....me, being the only Socialist around, I find getting drunk at one of her familys' gatherings, a very exciting experience....
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Sun Jan-30-11 09:45 PM
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3. Extremely liberal here and |
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married to apolitical husband.
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Sun Jan-30-11 09:56 PM
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4. No longer married but my ex was liberal. My last serious GF was ultra liberal. |
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There have been some rw'ers in there as well, though. There was one that was self described as 'ultra conservative' and fully 'hannitized'. She was also a teacher, which to me, made that kind of odd.
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Sun Jan-30-11 09:58 PM
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5. He was politically ambivalent when we married 11 years ago. I led him to the light, lol n/t |
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Edited on Sun Jan-30-11 09:58 PM by RayOfHope
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Sun Jan-30-11 10:08 PM
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6. Politics bores Mr. Banana.. Which is good, actually.. |
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Civil Servant like he is..
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Sun Jan-30-11 10:09 PM
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7. Should I admit I am true blue Liberal and have been married to |
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a moderate Republican a long long time. I figured most of you had guessed since I understand where Republicans are coming from. Actually, my husband can be liberal on some issues. He does not see Democrats as evil. Has some good things to say about Obama.
I have written before all Republicans are not like that bunch inhabiting Capital Hill at the present time.
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Sun Jan-30-11 10:10 PM
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8. Other. Socialist married to a liberal....... |
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Although she's becoming more and more socialist the longer we're married. :)
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Mon Jan-31-11 07:46 AM
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17. Same here - leftist married to Democrat. He's learning. nt |
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Mon Jan-31-11 11:45 AM
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20. You know TBF, I think that more and more of the ............ |
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"liberal" types are seeing that it's useless trying to "tame" the beast. Maybe they're not there YET, but they are getting there slowly, but surely.
That's one reason I advocate on this board so much. You've got to start SOMEWHERE in advocacy/education so you might as well start with people who are CLOSER, but not quite there yet.
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Mon Jan-31-11 11:58 AM
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that is the frustrating thing on most of these political forums, it attracts folks who are willing to work with the status quo (which is known as "bipartisanship" these days). I am looking forward to the day when normal folks in this country, who ignore organized politics, are ready to get in the street. It's the only way things will change.
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Sun Jan-30-11 11:08 PM
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progressive married to progressive.
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Sun Jan-30-11 11:14 PM
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My wife is a liberal, while I am a progressive.
Also, the theme of "Beauty & the Beast" applies.
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Sun Jan-30-11 11:19 PM
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12. Other: moderate married to a moderate |
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Mon Jan-31-11 12:26 AM
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13. Peas in a pod - birds of a feather. Treehuggers bound by love and law. n/t |
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Mon Jan-31-11 04:21 AM
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14. Other. Moderate married to a very liberal. n/t |
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Mon Jan-31-11 04:22 AM
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15. Liberal married to apolitical anarchist n/t |
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Mon Jan-31-11 07:18 AM
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16. I guess Liberal married to a Moderate makes the most sense... |
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though my husband is far from a typical Moderate. He's socially as liberal as I am (and I'm extremely socially liberal). But, he takes things on a individual-issue basis. So, there are certain things about which he's slightly less liberal.
It's a far cry from when we dated: he was pretty conservative fiscally, supported the war (until he realized it was a sham)...his family totally blames me.
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Mon Jan-31-11 10:41 AM
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18. I do not believe in mixed marriages. :) |
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Edited on Mon Jan-31-11 10:43 AM by Howler
As every election rolls around I tell Mr Howler "Our marital contract is up for renewal" LOL! We are both liberal though I'm more of a lefty then Mr Howler,He voted for edwards in the primary. I still gently razz him about that.
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Mon Jan-31-11 10:52 AM
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19. Other: made in heaven |
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When I first started FB chatting with my now-husband (who was my high school boyfriend and found me via the miracle of the Book of Face), I warned him that we shouldn't discuss politics. He laughed and directed me to his blog. Turns out he's a DUer, with links on his blog to Bartcop, Rude Pundit, et al.
I can think of lots of things to fight about (although we haven't had a fight yet after being together for 2-1/2 yrs), but politics won't be among them.
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