Check in if you're spending time with Republican family members this Thanksgiving-

[Laxman]

5. Of Course, Isn't Everyone......

and it really isn't that important. My mom and dad are getting up there and won't be around much longer. The last thing I'm going to do is judge them on their political beliefs or waste my Thanksgiving arguing with a couple of old people who watch too much Fox News. They're still my parents and I love them anyway. They must have done something right to raise 5 liberal socially aware kids along with a bevy of similarly inclined grandchildren. When my father looks around the room and sees his Jewish son-in-law hugging his Muslim son-in-law or two of his Muslim grandchildren hanging with their Catholic, Presbyterian and Agnostic/Atheist cousins it's got to trigger a bit of the "Captain Kirk blowing up the computer with logic" response. I know he loves them all. Let it go. What are you going to do, change their minds over turkey? Is it really more important than your family? I'm certainly not going to let politics mess up my Thanksgiving. I don't care what they think or say about politics enough to let that happen. Besides, the reality in the room tells a much different story. Be confident in your own beliefs and enjoy the day.