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Yay! Maybe its best you didn’t know in advance, as I always say that I would never date a Republican. So, maybe you wouldn’t have given him the same chance!

And this happened to me recently and I just cooed, “Baby, let’s not talk politics. I think it’s a bad idea. How does a blow job sound?”

That worked for me!

You’re a more forgiving woman than I am. I just about fell head over heals for an amazing man- smart, multi-lingual, sexy, funnier than I am, cultured, inquisitive… and a hard-core Republican who not only supports the war in Iraq- he signed his stupid ass up for it. *sigh* That was the end of any potential there. We’re penpals but he’ll never see my undies.

I’ve never slept with someone who voted Republican for Congress or President. I’m not sure if I would.

Bravo for you for stepping around it and just enjoying the great sex. :)

My girlfriend’s fiscally but not socially conservative, but she’s voted Republican much of the time. She thinks McCain’s a lunatic, though, so she’s voting for Obama, and I think she’s even managed (!) to convince her normally far-right mother to vote Obama.

We’ve gotten along fine for the most part; we agree on the things that are important at least. It was not that way with my ex; I remember her berating me for voting Kerry, and us getting in arguments about such things.

It’s important, but not that important in the scheme of things, especially if you’re just fine in other respects. :)

Well, you could always try withholding sex (or promising better sex) to sway a vote… :D

I kid, I kid. . .

I think that political affiliation doesn’t matter so much as how respectful one is when listening to/debating/disagreeing with another’s point.

To be fair, the NRA is one of the more reasonable organizations out there that causes a fracas.

Yes, people love to hate on them, but it’s hard to fault them for educating people about the things they’re involved with/use in their life

…Oh wait. Like Planned Parenthood!

I vote Democratic all the time, based on women’s rights (most of the time), (and also because of the religious fucknuts who have infested the republican party), but I have some right-leaning tendencies.

I get irritated when anyone tries to label me as either ;-)

It’s great you both can get around that issue! I agree with Ms.Inconspicous, talking about different points of view with respect goes a long way.

Of course, before every argument, my wife and I get undressed first. That seems to help :-)

Ken, you haven’t by any chance read a book called ‘Just a Couple of Days’, have you? It had a bunch of great lines in it promoting arguing naked.

Wow, you are more tolerant than I am. Or perhaps this is a testament to just how good the sex is?

oh please y’all couples don’t have to AGREE with each other on everything, perish the thought!

it’s about respecting each others right to an opinion without being an asshole about it.

:)

Kudos to you!

I’ve had an experience much more like (lia).

I couldn’t keep it from interfering with my attraction to him. And I really did try. I can’t even explain why it mattered; it seems completely illogical. Nonetheless, it did.

Amen, inconspicuous and badinfluence! Wonderful to hear people put their finger on the real issue - treating others with respect, not contempt.

you’re a better woman than i.

I was one who caught your Twitter :)

There’s some hope. I’ve spent the past 9 years with a gun-wielding Republican. After last election, he re-registered to vote as a Democrat (he did not vote for Bush either election ).
And now I’m a gun toter and kind of sort of a NRA member. Hey,so is Michael Moore,though!

Ah,relationships.Full of compromises ;)

“oh please y’all couples don’t have to AGREE with each other on everything, perish the thought!”

Too true, badinfluencegirl. It should be pretty obvious that neither party has the one correct answer and that requiring your SO to *think* the way you do smacks of megalomania. My wife and I support diametrical opposite policies in more than one arena…..but I still thing she’s one of the most intelligent and thought provoking women I have ever met.

I love the intolerance of those who are the “tolerant”. :–)

Nice story though! Really enjoy the blog!

BTW, the NRA isn’t all bad. The organization is extreme to balance out the other extreme. Sucks that there are extremes at all. Some of us like hunting and think that cities should be able to set firearm possession limits.

There are quite a few people who believe in women’s rights and men’s rights, and that those rights involve responsible hunting.

But they do keep sending my wife mail as “Mr.”. That’s annoying. (She’s the main hunter/shooter. I mostly cook. Go fig.)

Well, I guess I HAVE worn out my welcome. I wouldn’t vote for Obama for dogcatcher, and I’m particularly unenthused about McCain. Biden is too stupid to close his mouth to keep flies out.

But Palin; I like Sarah Palin’s style. I like the fact that she’s out to upset all the apple carts in the DC fever swamps, and try a few new things.

Which can’t help but be good; after all, all the experience in Washington DC doesn’t prevent the folks there, on both sides of the aisle, from doing a whole lot of INCREDIBLY STUPID AND CRIMINAL things!

No sitting Senator has EVER been worth a crap as President. And out of four people running, three of them are senators. It’s going to be a bad four years, no matter WHICH bozo sits in the White House.

Oh, one other thing; neither Guns & Ammo nor American Rifleman (the NRA magazine) is useful either for litter box filler or to prevent paint spatters. Both of these magazines are glossies, and liquids flow easily on them.

I recommend newspaper, particularly the New York Times, as being fairly reliable for paint or varnish, although for cats you really need real cat littler. A good compromise would be the “Yesterday’s News” brand of litter, made of recycled newsprint.

No one says we have to love someone who is just like us. The Knight doesn’t believe in God, the NRA, or any of the other things that I believe in. We don’t try to change one another and that works just fine for us.

This gal who fancied herself an old school Republican is changing though. No longer do the good ol’ boys of Bush do anything for me. I see Obama as just what this country needs, what our children need.

Right along with the NRA and an amazingly beautiful rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’ on a quiet Sunday morning in the South.

Tech Reader are you serious about Palin? that has to be sarcasm.

Yes, AAG, I realized that you were teasing (or “kidding”, your call) about using Guns & Ammo for cat box liner.

But BlkSwanPres, I’m entirely serious (”deadly serious”, written by a Life Member of the NRA, and Navy-certified Pistol Expert, is perhaps more strident I wish to be) about Palin for President. Forget VP; she’s arguably more qualified than McCain, Obama and Biden all wrapped together.

First of all, she’s the only one with any executive experience, as both Mayor and Governor. Biden , McCain and Obama have been legislators; “one of many”, where the executive is “the one”.

Second, Palin hasn’t been coopted by the Washington Madness. Every legislator who comes to DC, no matter how pure his or her heart, gets sucked into the fetid miasma of the DC fever swamps. Palin alone comes from OUTSIDE of DC, and may be able to resist for a year or two, those corrupting influences.

Why do you think the economy is tanking? It’s because the congress (especially the Senate!) have been caught up in perpetuating their own greed and refused to see the impending collapse of FNMA and the CRA.

I’m sorry, AAG; this is intended to be a sex blog, not political economics. My apologies.

It is not that my partner cannot or should not have differing opinions than mine (in the sense that I would seek to control them), but merely that I place political thought high on my list of important things in a partner. I value social justice, education, and federalism (real style federalism, not this bullshit idea that federalism is the same as states rights promoted by the right wing), and I cannot be with someone who does not. We can disagree about god (we do), about literature (we do), about any number of things, but our politicomoral philosophy must be a close match. Luckily, it is. We are both passionate about maintaining and broadening civil rights, controlling guns, increasing education, and increasing health care. I’ll be voting for Obama; she’s not a US citizen.

I admire, AAG, but am utterly baffled by, your ability to stay with someone who will vote for a man who will work to repeal your rights as a woman.

I’m with Patience. Actually, I was going to ask how a guy who would vote for an anti-choice candidate could ever get laid. It’s the 21st century, man!