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Anonymous wrote:anyone that annoyingly partisan is someone I don't want to be friends with.

I'm an independent, I try to think through each issue reasonably. my experience tells me that less govt is mostly a good thing, so I tend to vote Republican. but I also support higher taxes to cut the deficit, amnesty/immigration reform and a pro science platform. hardly Republican views. but I also think unions are mostly a negative and that democrats promote racial strife, so those are negatives against the left. I'm probably a Tom Davis Republican or a Mark Warner Democrat, whatever that is ...

so yeah, if someone is not my friend because I try to take a reasoned view on each issue, then f them

+1

Interestingly, yesterday I changed my party affiliation to independent (from Dem) largely around economic issues. I can't be a Republican, but neither can I embrace the fiscal naivete of my former party. I'll confess the rabid Dems on dcum helped me decide!

But who will you vote for?

Not choosing is still choosing.

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Anonymous wrote:anyone that annoyingly partisan is someone I don't want to be friends with.

I'm an independent, I try to think through each issue reasonably. my experience tells me that less govt is mostly a good thing, so I tend to vote Republican. but I also support higher taxes to cut the deficit, amnesty/immigration reform and a pro science platform. hardly Republican views. but I also think unions are mostly a negative and that democrats promote racial strife, so those are negatives against the left. I'm probably a Tom Davis Republican or a Mark Warner Democrat, whatever that is ...

so yeah, if someone is not my friend because I try to take a reasoned view on each issue, then f them

+1

Interestingly, yesterday I changed my party affiliation to independent (from Dem) largely around economic issues. I can't be a Republican, but neither can I embrace the fiscal naivete of my former party. I'll confess the rabid Dems on dcum helped me decide!

Anonymous wrote:PS to 22:21: When the Democratic candidate is slightly more leftish in the future, you can say "I made that!"

Anonymous wrote:+1

Interestingly, yesterday I changed my party affiliation to independent (from Dem) largely around economic issues. I can't be a Republican, but neither can I embrace the fiscal naivete of my former party. I'll confess the rabid Dems on dcum helped me decide!

Anonymous wrote:anyone that annoyingly partisan is someone I don't want to be friends with.

I'm an independent, I try to think through each issue reasonably. my experience tells me that less govt is mostly a good thing, so I tend to vote Republican. but I also support higher taxes to cut the deficit, amnesty/immigration reform and a pro science platform. hardly Republican views. but I also think unions are mostly a negative and that democrats promote racial strife, so those are negatives against the left. I'm probably a Tom Davis Republican or a Mark Warner Democrat, whatever that is ...

so yeah, if someone is not my friend because I try to take a reasoned view on each issue, then f them

Anonymous wrote:are Unemployed liberals or government workers

Anonymous wrote:anyone that annoyingly partisan is someone I don't want to be friends with.

I'm an independent, I try to think through each issue reasonably. my experience tells me that less govt is mostly a good thing, so I tend to vote Republican. but I also support higher taxes to cut the deficit, amnesty/immigration reform and a pro science platform. hardly Republican views. but I also think unions are mostly a negative and that democrats promote racial strife, so those are negatives against the left. I'm probably a Tom Davis Republican or a Mark Warner Democrat, whatever that is ...

so yeah, if someone is not my friend because I try to take a reasoned view on each issue, then f them

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Anonymous wrote:I worked on the Hill for a decade, so as a rule, I don't talk politics with people outside of DC. I find most don't get the process, which is how I come at it. So for example when someone suggests Paul Ryan wants to push grandma off the cliff, I'm reminded of the United States Senate and how a bill becomes a law. Something my opposites don't often take into account.

When I see that it's unavoidable, I try to look for common ground, which can be ellusive when someone's so wedded to their positions, and secretely thinks I'm racist because I'm not voting for the incumbant.

Sure, it takes Congress to pass a law changing Medicare, but I notice you don't argue with the fact that Paul Ryan *wants* to push grandma off the cliff.

Thanks Captain Obvious, did I need to be more in depth with how the back and forth of how my conversation's occur, really?

Seriously, does your kind think that Republicans don't have wives, mothers and daughters? Or do you think we put them into fiscal buckets to protect only them, at the expense of others. I honestly can't relate to your rational.

Everyone in history had wives and daughters. That hasn't historically proven to be much of a guarantee of protection. Sorry, but that sounds like the "I know plenty of black people" defense.

OK, let me revise why I don't like to debate those of the opposite party/belief. Because they love to use the tactic of demanding that I disprove negatives. "How do you know Romney won't do that!" Pointless nit-picking if you ask me.

Anonymous wrote:are very quickly going to say something incredibly offensive to me so I better end the conversation now.

Once I was talking to a seemingly-normal, well-to-do acquaintance of mine (from church, no less!) and the subject got to politics and she said

"I don't want my tax money going to some poor black guy swinging on his porch."

After I picked up my jaw from the floor, I found I had lost a lot of respect for her and did not want to develop a friendship. I told her "That's sort of racist..." and her response was

"I'm not a racist! I know lots of black professionals!"

The conversation went downhill from there.