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AZgirl7 (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 02:42 AM Original message |
Saying goodbye to my 78 yr old Republican girlfriend |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. So you're abandoning one of the "sweetest caring people" |
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AZgirl7 (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yes |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Sometimes you have to draw a line, like when a person's politics boils down to |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. And she's one of the sweetest, most caring people she knows |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Nobody's dying, she's not your friend and you're not the one being dumped over politics. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 05:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Wow, is that an unbelievably callous remark. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I don't see how some people |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Deleted message |
MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Not at all |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
64. well, not everyone has the ability to not be bothered by the general |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Note the common thread between the poster and a similarly callous post #10 |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Huh? |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. yes, I noticed too. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Oh, wow. I hadn't noticed that the GD:P bile had spilled over into GD. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I disagreed with the OP |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Right. But one doesn't have to admonish and/or correct every statement to which they object. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Heheh |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. I don't even know any republicans |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I have never been friends with Republicans and couldn't be. It's a matter of values |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Mine aren't |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I can't agree with you at all. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. So you think supporting torture, for example, is not a moral failure? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. That's a different question from being a Republican, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Nope. It's an example of how politics can me |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. So you assume every republican supports torture |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Morally - yes. If their political beliefs are based on selfishness and some perverse |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. But that's a different question, isn't it? |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. The OP clarified that and you continue to use this. The OP said she SEEMED to be, |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. i totally agree |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. interesting... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Nah -- he's not |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. If they support war crimes, maybe they really aren't "sweet caring people." |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I wish I could see the world |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Some things are easy to spot -- torture, murder, war crimes. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. And if someone is a republican |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Well, given the numbers, and that overwhelming numbers of Republicans do support them, |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:43 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. who is seeing things in a simple way? you're stuck on the line |
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Wabbajack_ (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. . |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. I did the same. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. Welcome to DU! |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Thanks for sharing. You had me at "traded for the profit of a few" |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. If all you ever did was harp on politics... |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. ouch. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. the first post that has made me laugh |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. If I abandoned all of my Republican friends where I live... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yeah I understand |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I expect I'm inferring something you didn't imply, but I agree ... |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Wow, if that hateful post is what you find humorous... n/t |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. Are they rooting for Hillary? My intelligent R friends are. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Then why are more Republicans voting for Obama |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. strange that people never say that about sports |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. your letter went out in my email this morning |
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NEOhiodemocrat (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
27. I understand your feelings, |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. Someone dear to me, elderly, was sending me those RW chain e-mails. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I did the same, and it worked. nt |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. My entire family and several of my close work friends are Republicans. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
35. My conservative best friend is like a father to me and turned 70 last week. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
36. 78 years old? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. Happened to me. 35 year friendship, which some will say was not a friendship at all because |
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kryckis (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
50. I can't claim to know,, |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
51. Boy, I sure am glad I don't let party politics and ideology determine my relationships |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
60. Happened to Me - 35 Year Friendship |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. It makes me sad that, in addition to effing up the country, Bush is ending friendships. |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. * isn't ending friendships. |
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AZgirl7 (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
63. good God! |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. i understand. i had a bush break-up around the 2004 election. |
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