Posted on 10/29/2008 2:12:34 PM PDT by libertarian9
I have been an Independent for most of my life but this year I registered as a Republican.
A have a friend who I've known for 22 years. He is an Obama supporter.
He has ended our friendship because I am supporting McCain and not Obama.
He has gone so far as to say that I'm not the person he thought I was all these years. I am angry and sad and a little stunned.
Anyone else having similar experiences over the election?
“I lost a bunch of friends recently too. Oh well. I ain’t supporting Marxism. Period.”
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Add me to the list of those who’ve lost friends over this election. Two LONG time friends — otherwise reasonable people or so I thought. I’ve pointed out all the “stuff” about Obama yet they don’t see it, or WON’T see it —
Enough! No Marxists for me. Just the Bill Ayers connection alone did it for me.
One Niece is leaning Obama, so she will not benefit from my years of hard work and sacrifice if she in fact does vote for him. Everything else will remain the same, but my money goes to those who deserve and appreciate what it took to earn it.
I would never think of destroying a relationship over this election. People make decisions, and they live with the consequences. Your “friend” was not the friend you thought they were. You are better off finding out now than when you really needed them.
Remember the Twilight Zone episode with the guy that built the Bomb Shelter?
The last time they had riots in Trenton (1968, after MLK's assasination), the "youths" broke into a sporting goods store and started hitting golf balls at the state troopers (who were horribly underprepared). Governor Richard Hughes (who's son Brian is now County Executive) was at a dinner part elsewhere the first night and refused to call in the national guard until he got sick of the media asking him to end the rioting in his own state capitol.
Ignorance is curable, stupidity is fatal.
I’ve never lost friends because of such things but then again my best friends are not liberals. I have many acquaintances and people who I am friendly with who are liberals. I am serious about this election and while I’d never cut a friend off if someone personally close to me was voting for Obama I’d find it difficult to remain so close. This election is serious and presents clear contrasts. Someone who votes for Obama is not voting for the America I know or love.
People are touchy with the election! Anyway, welcome to FR!
Here in Kansas, the local Mexicans are REAL Mexicans. Many of our Wal-Mart co-workers don’t speak English. Many of us ‘Anglos’ have Hispanic last names but only a few are bi-lingual, in high demand. Oh well.
cats. ACORN wouldn't let me register them as Republican voters. So I had to do it myself. On Tuesday, we will all trot across to alley to vote for Palin --- but this is Kansas, which hasn't gone DEM since LBJ.
Why are my cats giving me those strange looks?
I made the “mistake” of wearing a Dole/Kemp t shirt to my Dad’s house in ‘97. That was the last time he talked to me. When he died last summer I went to see him on his death bed and all he could say to me was “I can’t believe you voted for Dole”.
I miss him!
lol I wore a Rush Limbaugh shirt in front of my dad - Only Once! We stayed on speaking terms. He died just before the Clinton scandals broke out so I never knew what he would have thought of them.
Isn't that the bottom line?
It says everything about a person, IMO.
Loving America is loving freedom, opportunity, earning power & genuine growth, both economical and spiritual.
This is normal. You’re young enough that you’re still pulling out the weeds.
About time you dumped this tard.
Class envy has gone to far.
I voted McCain/Palin. Two major reasons: I really like Sarah as a candidate, and have great respect for McCain for all the suffering he has gone through in the service of his country. Not thrilled about some of his past policy positions (illegals, etc.), but I'm hoping he can learn from Bush's mistakes.
If he did that they would cut him out of their will.
How does someone who can't speak English get a green card to work legally? And, why does the management of Walmart enable this obvious fraud, while back-handing us, their paying customers, across the face?
Things like this make me want to scream.
I’d never end a friendship with a person who was voting for a marxist. I’d never walk away from a beautiful woman because she’s an obama supporter. Hopefully my friends would visit me once a month at the gulag obama is planning for conservatives. Don’t expect them to be that brave, but I can hope.
I have left leaning friends. We make an agreement not to talk about politics once we know our individual stands.
If I thought a “friend” would withdraw friendship based on who I am voting for, I would have to say honestly, that person is not a friend.
"There are only two people I trust and you aren't one of them”. Cameron Poe.
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