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My husband is a very loyal Republican and I was a registered Democrat up until a few years ago, when I began to agree with some more conservative ideas. This election though I have given it lots of thought and I have to vote for Obama. I really tried to agree with McCain and Palin, but I just don't. That's really not what this post is about though, so please don't turn this into too much of a political ideals bashing thread...it's meant in good fun. Our house has some rather lively debates and most end with my husband and I agreeing to disagree. We tend to pick on each other and here's how today has gone so far. This morning I went to the Obama website and printed off a stencil so I could join in the pumpkin carving event being held nationwide tomorrow night. I showed the stencil to my husband and he said he was going to take the other pumpkin we have at home and put a big M on it. I told him his rinky dink pumpkin with an M written in Mark a Lot was going to look ridiculous next to my nicely carved Obama pumpkin. He replied that my stencil looked like a social program logo. :arrow: A little later in the morning he came back to my office and I told him that I had signed up to work at an Obama phone bank on Election Day. I was going to pick Maria up from daycare, she would go with me to vote and then we would go to the phone bank for a few hours and then to the Obama celebration. :cheer: He said that if I was going to subject Maria to such nonsense then he had to make sure that Flora was taught some Conservative American Values and he would be taking her to the Republican party. As soon as he left my office I ordered T-Shirts for the girls. They both say on the back: My Mama Voted for Obama. Maria's on the front says: Obama `08 and Flora's says: I'm with Stupid. (with an arrow pointing towards Daddy). I wish I could see his face when he picks her up from daycare and she has the shirt on. I'm sure it won't make it to the party, but his expression will be priceless.:woohoo: Anyone else with a split household. If so, how do you debate or egg each other on without causing too much disruption to your normally tranquil lives??:loveyou:
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Oh my gosh that is too funny! I wish I could see your husband's face when he sees that!!! Too funny. As far as being on opposite sides both my husband and I are undecided but as of last night it appeared we might be voting opposite. Both of us admit we could still be swayed though. I guess we should make our minds up!
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I think it's great you can disagree but still have a sense of humor about it. Hubby and I both used to be conservative Republicans, then I switched over and he held on for a few years. He finally saw things my way though. :-)Although he still says that he is a "true republican" there just aren't any candidates that really uphold his beliefs.
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We are a house divided for sure!! The sad part for my husband is now is that our 2 oldest are eligible to vote for the first time and they are voting with me...for Obama. So...we have him out-numbered 3 to 1. My next child misses the cut-off by 3 days. He is so bummed because he wants to vote so badly!
We actually haven't been able to keep things very civil...so we have agreed just not to talk about it at all!!! That seems to work best for us.
Cool pumpkin by the way!
I loved your post! :clap: How funny is that!! Ideas are spinning in my head. :) We also have a split household. Every election we have some lively debates, and we too, end up "agreeing to disagree". We have never been able to put out yard signs for endorsement because our lawn would be filled with signs from both sides.:) We contain our endorsements to the car magnets....though we may need to move to pumpkins..... This year however, we have less of a debate because we mainly agree. My husband, a steadfast Republican, is very impressed with Barack Obama and very discouraged with the McCain campaign. We live in MN however, so we can still debate the heated Senate race (between Norm Coleman and Al Franken)
The key to our healthy debates is that always keep respect for the other's opinion....though sometimes it's hard. :)
Thanks for your post!!
Suzanne