[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Young liberal women are the most intolerant people I know. They're tolerant of just about anything...until you disagree with them. Then, watch out! I had a date with a woman in late 2001. Had I known she was a liberal, I wouldn't have gone out with her. We met for coffee, and things were going OK until she called President Bush an idiot. I politely asked her why she voted for Clinton. Confidently, she said, "Women's issues." I challenged her, "Do those include the right to be raped and cheated on (referring of course to Clinton's own stellar personal record with women)?"

Things went downhill FAST from there. Just before getting up and walking out on me, she said "You live in your own little world..." Truth hurts, I guess. Miss 'party of tolerance' passed judgment on me based on a couple of comments.

I know it sounds crazy, but I was musing that if I start dating again, I ought to ask right off the bat: "What party do you belong to, and who did you vote for in the 1996 and 2000 elections?" It would save so much time. Maybe that sounds intolerant of ME, but it would definitely say a lot about her values that might take several dates otherwise.

[goodnesswins]

YOU would be SMART to ask that VERY question before you date anyone these days....because it says so much about how a person lives their life now. Start volunteering for conservative campaigns....that would probably be a good place to find someone you could live with, IMHO.

[PeteFromMontana]

I called a liberal woman a sexist after her rant about hating men, women are great, men are pigs blah blah blah...

It was fun to watch her face explode...........

[dead]

Young liberal women are the most intolerant people I know.

They are also the absolutely most humorless people on the planet.

They hate laughter in all its forms, and will instantly imagine some patriarchal, homophobic or racist sentiment behind any form of joke or comical remark.

And they screech when they talk, even if they whisper.

[RightWhale]

"What party do you belong to, and who did you vote for in the 1996 and 2000 elections?" It would save so much time.

Right. Of course you won't find many dates who meet the criteria. Probably none. Most of the women who could answer correctly are already into committment, have a family, wouldn't be dating anyway due to already having a life. The rest are into women's issues and you shouldn't be dating them anyway unless you really know what Existentialism is.

[cyborg]

:sigh: I watch Single in NY and Single in LA and wonder how these women will ever get any man. About politics, it's okay to be a bit different BUT too very divergent points of view could cause problems. I could never go out with a liberal metrosexual. That's why I found a Ted Kennedy special... a neanderthal conservative.

[Dead Dog]

"....if I start dating again"

Dude, they're all crazy.

[Hostage]

Go to Russia or any of the former USSR Eastern bloc countries, find a beautiful Orthodox woman with an education. She will be loyal, supportive, pro-life, conservative, disciplined and desirous of having a family. Make sure she has plenty of family support when you bring her back because she will be otherwise be lonely and/or homesick.

After you have done so, make sure all your former liberal dates see what you've done, then watch their heads spin around as their faces turn purple with frustration and rage.

Treat her with respect and you will live a life happily ever after.

Good Luck.

PS - You could also do this in a flyover state but you would have to consider moving to rural surroundings. Good American women more often than not prefer those surroundings.

[justanotherfreeper]

First of all, you're email tag is hilarious -- spit coffee all over my keyboard!

"What party do you belong to, and who did you vote for in the 1996 and 2000 elections?" I actually asked my husband that on our first date (well, the part about 96, the 2000 election hadn't happened yet.) Why go through life with some loserboy dim when a girl can have a real man? Worse yet, why raise kids with some scummy liberal? There a lot of stupid liberal women out there so men have a tough time, but a conservative gal has no excuse not to marry a perfectly charming conservative man, there are so many of them!

[Ukiapah Heep]

Just be damn gald you didn't end up married to her, or, worse, with kids by her!

[NYC GOP Chick]

I know it sounds crazy, but I was musing that if I start dating again, I ought to ask right off the bat: "What party do you belong to, and who did you vote for in the 1996 and 2000 elections?" It would save so much time. Maybe that sounds intolerant of ME, but it would definitely say a lot about her values that might take several dates otherwise.

That's actually quite sane. Early this year, I decided that if a guy has either voted for the Hildebeast and/or voted for her husband and doesn't profoundly regret it, there's no point in pursuing things.

AFAIC, any guy who thinks that voting for a clinton is a good thing does not share my values, morals and ideals.

And, frankly, the same goes for any guy who voted for Gore and/or supports Dean, Kucinich, Clark or any 'rat.

[Capriole]

I know it sounds crazy, but I was musing that if I start dating again, I ought to ask right off the bat: "What party do you belong to, and who did you vote for in the 1996 and 2000 elections?" It would save so much time. Maybe that sounds intolerant of ME, but it would definitely say a lot about her values that might take several dates otherwise.

OF COURSE. Gee. That should be one of the first things you establish before you go out with someone. And I put that criterion ahead of finding out if they're of the same faith, too. Doesn't do much good if they're Christian but leftist as well.

[MHT]

I have three sons and told them that I would not be shocked if any brought home a potential bride of a different race, ethnicity, or religion. There is only one thing that I would bet on--the "right" girl would be a Republican with traditional values.

Sure enough, Son #1 knew it was love when his date quoted Rush Limbaugh and told him her life goal was to be a good wife and stay-at-home mother.

People change alot during marriage, but the quickest way to find out if there is going to be a shared set of values is to establish political party identity. This is great news for young pubbies. Normally, just under 40%, our numbers are growing on campuses and in the under-30 set, making finding the perfect someone easier statistically.

[PJ-Comix]

Worst blind date I ever had was with a Serbian woman who looked like Nikita Khruschev in drag. I knew her sister who looked a lot like Sophia Loren so when she told me her sister fresh over from Serbia needed a date I happily volunteered since I figured I would end up with someone who looked somewhat like Sophia Loren. Imagine my shock when I was later greeted by a female version of Nikita Khruschev...with a personality to match. Even worse, she REEKED from garlic.

All I wanted from that moment was for the date to END. Therefore I took her to a very dark club in D.C. praying nobody would spot me there. All of a sudden female Nikita started screaming in broken English: "YOU ME!...DANCE!!!" I told her my leg was hurting but she didn't buy it and started screaming even louder: "DANCE NOW! DANCE NOW!!! Then she proceeded to pound the table with her fists just like Khruschev pounding his shoe on the dest at the UN many years earlier.

Just to shut her up I agreed to dance with her. It was a slow dance and it was like dancing with a listing battleship. All the while I was PRAYING nobody would spot me. Suddenly a spotlight from the band shined on the highlighted couple of the evening---Myself and Nikita. What followed was the longest and most humiliating dance of my life as lots of folks yelled out my name in recognition as I tried to keep the Nikita battleship I was dancing with from keeling over.

The rest of the evening wasn't much better as my garlic ridden "date" kept grunting in a strange mixture of pidgin English and gutteral Serbo-Croatian.

FINALLY I got Nikita (I was told her real name but quickly forgot it) back to her sister's apartment. As I prepared to do my about face and get the hell out of her presence, she yelled: "WHAT! YOU NOT GIVE GOODNIGHT KISS?!"

As I attempted to explain that goodnight kisses on first dates were strictly optional, Nikita grabbed me and slammed her lips up against mine and gave me the most horrific overpowering juicy garlic kiss imaginable. I gagged from the horrid garlic odor which filled my mouth. I didn't even bother to pretend to be polite and say goodnight. Instead I RAN out of the building and over to a nearby 7-11. I bought a half-gallon of chocolate ice cream and scooped it out with my hand and thrust it into my mouth is a desperate attempt to kill my blind date's garlic residue. It was the only thing I could think of to kill the smell at the time.

And the weird thing is that the Sophia Loren looking woman told me later that her sister had the most wonderful evening of her life....and would I like to take her out again? You don't have to guess hard what my answer was.

[Lancey Howard]

I know it sounds crazy, but I was musing that if I start dating again, I ought to ask right off the bat: "What party do you belong to, and who did you vote for in the 1996 and 2000 elections?" It would save so much time. Maybe that sounds intolerant of ME, but it would definitely say a lot about her values that might take several dates otherwise.

Some women might find that approach a little too blunt. Do what I do - - steer the conversation right away to birth control preferences. From there you can easily segue into abortion and THEN politics. Smooth, huh?

[qam1]

Young liberal women are the most intolerant people I know. They're tolerant of just about anything...until you disagree with them. Then, watch out! I had a date with a woman in late 2001. Had I known she was a liberal, I wouldn't have gone out with her

Yeah, Never date a liberal. I have dated some women who were liberal leaning on some issues and that's was OK, But last summer my sister in law hooked me up with a friend of hers who was a die hard and it was a disaster, She was a lot like this girl who wrote this article. Beyond just being intolerent they are the most shallow, cold, miserable and unfun people in the world. So obviously our date to a comedy club was not a good one. I didn't really fight with her over politics because she is friends with my sister in law so I tried to be civil but never again, I will from now on be asking for political affilation.

[LanPB01]

I had a similar experience on a date with an airhead liberal in early 2002. I had no idea of her views and opinions before agreeing to go out with her (I was set up with her by a court reporter our law firm used; when he provided links to pictures of some of her beauty pageant pictures, I readily agreed to meet her).

Shortly after she got in my car, she started talking about politics. I really didn't want to discuss it that quickly after meeting her, but she seemed insistent. Once I told her what I thought of the National Endowment for the Arts, everything broke down; it turned out she was attending college on a partial scholarship sponsorsed by said organization. Good times did not follow.

[NYCVirago]

I know it sounds crazy, but I was musing that if I start dating again, I ought to ask right off the bat: "What party do you belong to, and who did you vote for in the 1996 and 2000 elections?" It would save so much time.

No kidding. Someone should set up a conservative dating service!

[desertcry]

I think she got upset with you, because she found out she was not going to get, what billy the bent one gives women who gets withiin a mile of him. You were a lost cause for her. BTW you have lots of company with the same experience, so don't feel too bad.

[FrogMom]

What party do you belong to, and who did you vote for in the 1996 and 2000 elections?"

Not a bad idea, since dems are no longer "the loyal opposition", but out-and-out socialists who've picked up the Soviet plan to destroy America. I've found lately that the liberals I've encountered have absolutely nothing in common with myself or my friends. I can't imagine getting to know one to the extent falling in love would require.

[7thson]

I read your tagline and had to control myself from laughing out loue. That is a very clever take from the original.

Years ago, I met and started dating a woman, a government professional in Washington, DC. She is 17 years my senior. Even though I considered myself a conservative back then, she actually showed me that I possessed liberal thoughts on certain issues. After three years of dating and rounding off my rough edges, we got married - in 1990. It is now 13+ years later and we are still married. In fact, we married each other again in 2000 - this time in the Catholic Church. She came back into the Church and I converted to Catholictism. How did I treat her when we started to date? Like a woman should be treated - with dignity and respect. I made my mistakes but that comes and goes. I consider myself extremely fortunate especially working in DC, I hear the woes and lamatations of single, spoiled, women in their late 20's and early 30's talking about not finding the right guy. They seem to have no clue that part of the problem may be themselves.