[willyd]

It is the same in my family...my Aunt and her brothers were the type that drove vw vans around Europe during Vietnam. They only discuss politics when it is all libs in the room. When my Uncle or I am around, all conversation seems to cease. I guess I have a nasty habit of listening to their point of view and then asking them to back their statements up with facts and figures. I always let them know that we can go upstairs and search on the internet if they like. I actually look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas now more than ever...albeit for maybe some of the wrong reasons...lol

[garyhope]

I must not be "a nice guy" (remember Madeline Khan in "Blazing Saddles") because I just love to antagonize my friends and relatives. The idea of getting them on the Internet to check facts is a good idea.

Too bad that there aren't more guys like Sgt. Friday who "just want the fact's ma'am".

With the "liberals" it's all about "feelin's". It must be that Barbra Streisand song has rotted their brains.

[garyhope]

Are we related? Do we have the same family? LOL.

One of my relatives is a university professor who doesn't want to discuss "politics". Very tolerant, don't you think? I could go on and on about how the intellectuals want to fool themselves and and not face reality.

I'm just about at the point where I actively despise all so called "do-gooders".

What will they do after the Islamofascist nukes go off in this country? I wonder if that will be "real" to them.

Bush's fault of course.

[ariamne]

Since I became a conservative in 2001, and then put my vote where my mouth was last November, I stopped receiving invitations to my sister and her French husband's house for dinner. Including Thanksgiving and Christmas.

But we are the party of intolerance, riiiiight..

[Riverman94610]

That old adage about not discussing religion,politics or sex at family gatherings makes a lot of sense.
I remember as a child the often ugly screaming and threatening words among family members invoved in "discussing"these sensitive subjects.
The fact that the liquor flowed freely didn't help matters either.