The end of a friendship

fox loves newt and as long as fox loves newt, it's followers will love newt

really, and where do you get that, do you watch FOX news?

I watch a lot of fox and I think you will see support for everyone from Romney to Ron Paul. The do tend to think alike when it comes to obama however. Impeach barrack now!

Who's Newt?

And if you give me 500 bucks I'll go tell yer freind ya don't like em no mo.

chickaree, I'm sorry this happened. It seems like people are getting so politically polarized these days that they are losing all perspective on what is really important in life. I'd never throw away a good friend for Newt, that's for sure!

Wow. That's pretty harsh - ending a friendship over politics! I have friends with very different politics than mine - we just talk about the issues on which we can mostly agree and shrug our shoulders on the rest. If your friend truly cherishes your friendship I would say that she's probably kicking herself right now. If she didn't, maybe she wasn't truly a friend to begin with.

And over Newty of all things! Sheesh...

AspenValley wrote: chickaree, I'm sorry this happened. It seems like people are getting so politically polarized these days that they are losing all perspective on what is really important in life. I'd never throw away a good friend for Newt, that's for sure!

Agreed. But I have seen it happen.

AspenValley wrote: chickaree, I'm sorry this happened. It seems like people are getting so politically polarized these days that they are losing all perspective on what is really important in life. I'd never throw away a good friend for Newt, that's for sure!

Wasn't that a clever partisan slam on Newt... no... not really... sort of like cellophane... transparent as anything... but I hope it made you feel better.

I just don't understand letting politics come between friends.....it certainly doesn't have to be that way. Sunday we had our neighbor/friend over for dinner....he is old time Colorado Republican, now living in AZ... he used to be a precinct captain (?) for the Republicans and was on the Cherry Creek School board.......Republican to the core. He knows I'm a Democrat, but we talked politics anyway.......once we got past the ....yea I will vote for Obama unless the Republicans put up Huntsman, and then I'll think about it. And he agreed he would vote for anyone BUT Obama, even though he isn't too enamored by the Republican field.....we moved on to areas that we could agree on.....discussed policy, where we differ, where we agree.....made a couple jokes at each others expense, and never, ever, did we think our friendship would be in jeopardy. Real friends accept each other for who they are, not for who they wish each other were. (That goes for good relationships too, I'm married to a Republican)