Would you date a conservative?

[drmeow]

18. I don't see myself

as being able to have a real long term relationship with today's type of Republican, that's for sure. I certainly could not be in a relationship like my current relationship with someone who was too conservative - I wouldn't want to have merged finances and I'm not even sure I'd want to own property with someone too conservative. I can't see someone like that sharing my fundamental values. I have enough conflicts with some of my current partner's views which are not as liberal as mine are. They are minor things (mostly conservation related ... water use, buying new as opposed to used, things like that). I'm too passionately pro-choice, anti-war, pro-raising taxes on the wealthy (I didn't even want to start with my in-laws this weekend who don't want to the exemption lowered back to $1,000,000 - apparently they are worth enough more than that their two children might have to pay taxes on their inheritance - even though I would directly benefit my attitude is that my partner didn't earn that money and so should have to pay taxes on it), pro-single-payer, pro-welfare, pro-free-education, etc.

I also don't think a conservative could stomach me!