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(3,363 posts)On a local, personal level, a "friend" of mine is voting for Romney. She is a Lesbian and very politically involved. She has never gotten over Hillary's loss and she now "hates all politicians." But she is going to freaking pull the lever for Romney -- convinced that her vote won't count because her district swings 90% to Obama, etc.
She means it, too. She voted AGAINST Obama last time. <head explodes>
It is a very difficult friendship for me to maintain. We recently had lunch and she, as always, let me know her feelings. I felt that too often she gets in her little digs against Obama whilst claiming some moral high ground because she HATES THEM ALL (politicians). I'm supposed to say nothing while she tells me her supposedly thoughtful reasons for voting for Romney?????
Well, I took her to task, and apparently others did, too. I fought back harder than I've ever fought back -- with facts and questioning her reasoning. Today, she has sworn off all politics, saying it has become too contentious. She feels she listens to all the jokes, but no one likes when she sends stuff back about Obama. She thinks it's a double standard. It seems I wasn't the only one to fight back this time around. She is refusing all political emails from the left and right now. (I suppose that's progress.) I'm guessing she got an earful - or an inbox full!
I replied to her email anyway, saying, "Yeah, it's definitely too contentious. Only NOW the Dems are fighting back."
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