I know what you mean. Our Thanksgiving dinner will be on Saturday here at my house. Probably 20 people, all liberals. I warned my sister-in-law that if the talk turns political I will simply get up and leave the room. She agrees with me that we should not talk politics, but I'm afraid they'll just do it anyway.
Fortunately, the dinner will be upstairs and I can just "take a break" downstairs. heheheh.
Throw some turkey at them. Sing the USSR National Anthem loudly, and insist that they join in.
Or, put your finger to your ear and repeat everything they say. Claim that "I'm recording everything you say for the RNC. You will be targeted for counter-revolutionary activities."
I can empathize. My folks are liberals and I am the black sheep of the family. My older sister has come around to the conservative point of view, but isn't registered to vote, so I don't consider her a Republican.
Last Christmas, .45MAN and my father got into a shouting match over, as my father put it, "Your war-mongering president." Since then, my mother has made us promise not to discuss politics when we are together.
My nephew, a law student, *was* very conservative. My sister tells me he voted for sKerry. I don't understand it. He's not coming home for Thanksgiving, but at Christmas I'll have to pull him aside and ask him "What gives?"
Happy Thanksgiving and *good luck!*
I know how you feel. My family is still very liberal (and to make things worse, my sister's husband is French, though he became a citizen, primarily to vote Democrat and collect SS). My sister and I agreed absolutely no politics. I told my father (a veteran who should be ashamed of voting for Kerry) no politics. A little strained at first, but it worked. I did give in and eat foie gras and drink a nice Chassis Splene as well as champagne and sauterne. Oops.