Conservatives spend 25 hours a day looking for "work-arounds"

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33. The other thing is

I live in a leaning republican area. There is a more progressive town that is the heart of our area, but I live on the outside, more republican area.

I have more friends and acquaintances that are republican than not.

Most of these folks are flat good people. Some selfish tea party types, but mostly they are truly good people, most of whom are active in the community, help others and generally have really big hearts.

But, they are "conservative" and there is not telling them different.

They know my politics, but because I don't push the issues with them, and we are otherwise like minded, they respect me and we maintain our friendships. These folks in fact mostly supported my efforts to run for office.

The best I can do here is be who I am and model that to their way of thinking, all democrats are not godless scumbags.

These folks are mostly older.

Outside of them, I have a lot of people our age who have children our age.

There are more democrats in this age group.

BUT, there are a LOT of people who are not really in line with a lot of what republicans want who end up lining up with them over single issues.

For instance, more of the people our age have no time what so ever for gay bashing. They generally do not support the hawkish stupidity.

BUT, because of guns or the PC bullshit or the big spending liberal bullshit, they fall in behind republicans.

It is exasperating.

I can TRY to talk to them and lay out how over stated the big spending liberal thing is AND how in fact republicans are the ones who most often jack up government spending, but it just does not take.

I also know some business type republicans. Again, I like them and we really get along personally. BUT, they have true interests that are benefited by republicans and know it. I get invited to some COC type things with them and it is kind of funny that I sort of am like the gay or of color friend people point to like, "see, they all aren't bad."

Just too many ways that the GOP has to suck people into it, and you can't tell people any different. They either have a moment of personal realization or they don't.