Dear Cr-Abby: I have come to dread family gatherings. My extended family holds a different political perspective than I. It seems like at every occasion they sit around and expound on the good points of their candidate or elected official, while belittling the opposition and ridiculing his or her supporters. I have tried on several occasions to change the subject or tell them I don't wish to discuss politics, to no avail.
Recently at a family party, I sat down with some relatives I hadn't seen in a long time in an effort to reconnect. They soon began their political bashing. I excused myself to go to the bathroom, only to discover that while I was gone they had discussed my political leanings. When I attempted to go to another room, a relative asked whom I was voting for. I said my vote was a private matter -- and the statement prompted peals of laughter in the room.
I would really like to spend time with my family, but with the elections coming up, I feel the need to avoid them. Please assist me on how to handle this. -- No Politics (or Religion) Please, in California
Dear Please Mr. Please (dont play B17),
What are you talking about?
I live in California there is no evidence of competent politics or god-fearing religion out here in the land of fruits and nuts.
We have priests who love little boys a bit too much.
Muff's marrying Muffs and Puffs marrying Puffs.
We have an Austrian Governor who ran as a Republican and serves as a Democrat
We have a 20 billion dollar budget deficit
We have a mayor of the largest city (Bangladesh-East) who spends more time sitting in the make up chair and "pressing the flesh with the press" (if you get my meaning) than he does sitting in the mayoral chair.
Another major city in the North has decided that turning over illegal immigrants to the Feds, even when convicted of a felony, is just a bad idea and that ROTC is an evil program not to be abided on college campuses.
We are being annexed by Mexico
What's there to argue about?
Joking aside, I dont see the problem...53 days to go until the election...do you know how many families in California dont get together at all? You can hide from the kool-aid drinkers for 2 months can't you?
As for me, I'm voting for Teddy (Roosevelt not Kennedy) again!
He is running on the "Dead Bull Moose Ticket (shot by Palin)" and their campaign theme copies the doctors oath..."first, do no harm"...only a corpse can fulfill that promise!
Cr-Abby
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