# Uggh.. I'm living with a Republican OR How to deal with a politically challenged SO? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285 "2000-11-01T19:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285/21 "2000-11-02T21:13:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phil\_15 \* > What I am curious about is your seemingly black and white view of Republicans or those who have decided to vote Republican. Are there more than the one position regarding abortion that trip your trigger? just curious. I’m actually much less black and white than than my original post. It’s hard to compress _all_ your political views into a 5 minute message, y’know. I came very close to voting for George W., and yes, the abortion issue and the number of Supreme Court justices who may retire is my big trigger. I don’t agree with all of George W.'s views, but this is the only big one that keeps me from voting for him. For me, the abortion issue is much larger than just abortion - I view reproductive rights as a necessity for women. It’s very difficult to be a productive member of society when you’re at the mercy of any pregnancy that might occur, and I don’t view abstinence as a realistic choice. I don’t want to turn this thread into an abortion debate, so I’ll just stop now. The problem I have with Gore, on the other hand, is that he gives every indication of being a liar and a cheat. I also don’t agree with his gun policy, and his tax plan does absolutely nothing for me. I used to be strongly Democratic, but it was easier when I was more of a “have-not.” Now that I’m a “have”, I start to question all the big government spending. **PunditLisa** : You forget, my SO is a blatent Republican. If I’m drawn to losers, and my list is a list of losers, and he’s on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, isn’t he a winner? 🙂 **Strainger** : I think you and I have a lot of the same views. The Religious Right (who I affectionately call “The Godders”) seem to have a big hold on the Republican Party. And like you, it really doesn’t bother me that any one person is religious. In fact, I’d fight to the death to make it so that any one person _could_ choose his/her religion. But when they stick it in my face, or try to promote legislation forcing their views on others, I become very upset. Religion is a private thing, and should be kept out of the government. ---
**Author:** ![tjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@tjw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tjw)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285/22 "2000-11-02T23:01:54Z")
Goose, A republican has never been for the poor. Republicans are for the rich and big business. His tax program, as good as it might sound, will only hurt this country after his out of the office. He will say anything to get elected!! But I must admit that in all fairness I don’t like Gore that much either. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285/23 "2000-11-02T23:30:35Z")
**Moderate Libertarian Conservative** It ranked my choices as: Pat Buchanan Dick Cheney Alan Keyes Howard Phillips John McCain George Bush Harry Brown Joseph Lieberman Al Gore Bill Bradley John Hagelin Ralph Nader Interesting choices for the Dark Queen… ---
**Author:** ![Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285/24 "2000-11-03T00:06:21Z")
Oh I forgot to post my choices… Alan Keyes (my dad voted for him in the primary, damnit) McCain Bush Buchanan Cheney Brown Phillips Hagelin Bradley Gore Lieberman Nader The sad thing is that my highest, Keyes, was still only a 43% total. Oh well, I’d be a better republican but I’m for gay rights and against school prayer. TJW- Poor or rich no matter, I vote Republican because they are for more freedom and for less government. That’s what I’m most interested in atleast. (and I hate tree-huggin hippie crap) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285/25 "2000-11-03T23:04:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Athena \* > \*\*I’ve known for a long time that the SO and I have pretty different views when it comes to politics. > > [snip] > > Obviously, we differ on many points. Some of which bug the shit out of me. Abortion is probably the biggest - I’m almost offended that I’m living with someone who rates himself as “slightly against a women’s right to choose.” > > Anyone else out there dealing with a political nutcase (or \ Republican) of a significant other? I love the guy, I really do, but sometimes I just want to hit him! \*\* Geez, when did I steal Athena’s password and post this? Ok, I didn’t, but I _could_ have. Personally, I deal with it by avoiding the issue. There are other things to talk about, like what do we want for dinner, what’s on tv, when is he going to clean out the cat box; _important_ things. Last time I did one of these things, my results were: Nader - 90% match Gore - 60% match Browne - I forget, somewhere in the middle Buchanan - 1% match Bush - 0% match Flip the list over and you have his results. ---
**Author:** ![tjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@tjw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tjw)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285/26 "2000-11-03T23:09:38Z")
Goose, It doesn’t matter to me how you vote. But why? The economy is a lot better than it ever has been. ---
**Author:** ![tjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@tjw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tjw)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285/27 "2000-11-03T23:16:19Z")
Goose, Republicans are not for more freedom they would like you to think thats true. Telling a woman what they can and can’t do with their bodies is like a wrong!! ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285/28 "2000-11-04T01:45:20Z")
All I can say is I **wish** my hubby was an ultra conservitive republican swine. At least then we could have political discussions. Papapotomus will not register to vote. He honestly just does not care- I’ve tried to explain (speaking slowly using small words) why he should vote but he still doesn’t care. It’s so frustrating… :mad: Okay, maybe it’s better to have no political discussions than to disagree all the time… but at least it would be interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uggh-im-living-with-a-republican-or-how-to-deal-with-a-politically-challenged-so/39285.md?page=1)