What political issues do you and your SO disagree on?

[LostinVA]

[LostinVA]

1. Gun control, DP, Chavez, smoking bans

[sasquatch]

13. Explain

[Starbucks Anarchist]

33. If I had to guess, LostinVA is (in order): pro, anti, pro, pro.

[LostinVA]

41. You win the prize!!!!!!

:rofl:

[sasquatch]

49. That's because Haruka is a progressive while your an old liberal

:D

[Fran Kubelik]

46. I'm biting my tongue about that second one.

:rofl:

[Parche]

2. I Dont Have A SO Yet

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :hi: :hug:

[flvegan]

3. DP?

Is that what I think it is?

[LostinVA]

5. Death Penalty, Pev

[terrya]

4. This sounds icky to say....

but I can't think of a single political issue we disagree on.

[Left Is Write]

11. Mr. LIW and I don't disagree on anything fundamental.

[old mark]

6. I don't think we disagree on much of anything, but

she gets very angry and carried away, and I sometimes have to calm her down.

mark

[Lyric]

7. None, really.

We have slightly differing "intensities" about the issue of handguns--I am vehemently supportive of banning them outright, and her opinion is more like, "I would have no objection to a handgun ban, but it's not something I feel passionately about."

Otherwise, we're pretty much identical.

[MsTryska]

8. As of right now - Abortion

So far I've gotten him to admit that there should be some cases where abortion should be legal. And I got him to give on parental consent.

[Midlodemocrat]

22. Same here.

But he's far less to the right about it than he used to be.

[MsTryska]

38. Yeah...mine apparently

never looked beyond "it's baby murder" to consider rape and incest.

When i told him i think you should have the choice of aborting if your baby's daddy is also your daddy, he was like...huh. never thought of that. And then when i explained how parental consent throws a monkey wrench into the incest equation he had something else to ruminate on too.

[bullwinkle428]

48. I'm one of those guys that thinks it's awfully presumptuous

for any guy to take an anti-choice position, considering there's no possible way they could ever be in position to deal with a pregnancy...

[MsTryska]

52. Yeah I can definitely see where you are coming from with that...

but i've learned to see his perspective too.

He's a country-boy - and the way he looks at it - if nature didn't mean for it to exist, it would die on it's own.

And in his favor - there would be no question he would assume his share of responsibility - and he's of the "it takes 2 to tango school of thought" on babymaking.

Actually i guess in that way he reminds me of my dad - who is also pro-life. But his focus is the baby itself and not the ramifications of said baby - in various situations.

i think man are far romantic about this sort of thing then women, to be honest. So you are right - it's presumptuous. or perhaps fatuous is a better word. (if i spelled it correctly)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

63. My husband too. He believes life begins at fertilization.

He's not completely anti choice. He opposes an outright ban. But he has never told me his views about when abortion should be legal or illegal. I'm straight up pro-choice.

[SKKY]

9. We disagree on Abortion, Death Penalty, and Imagration...

...Once we realized this, we stopped talking about politics.

[BeachBaby]

10. The death penalty is a biggie with us.

He doesn't feel it's acceptable under any circumstances, while I advocate it in certain circumstances.

[LostinVA]

15. I understand -- I have your SO's stance on it

[WernhamHogg]

12. Only one comes to mind

Death penalty has turned into an argument before (I think it should only be used in very
extreme cases and I wouldn't shed a tear if it was completely banned while he thinks there
needs to be a few minor tweaks in how it is applied, but overall it's acceptable).

We also have some disagreements about abortion, but mainly he doesn't feel strongly for or
against it. Knowing that he would be included in any and all decisions if/when we ever
conceive a child and that I am strongly pro-choice is enough for him to steer clear of the
issue.

[Shakespeare]

14. None that I can think of.

Which would shock some of the folks who thought they had CA all figured out. :rofl:

[LostinVA]

16. Who the hell is "CA"???

I'm telling you man about this!

Whatever. You clique people are like peas in a pod.

[Shakespeare]

17. heehee

:hi: fellow pea.

[LostinVA]

18. Hey, at least I'm not

A LIAR!!!

[Shakespeare]

19. Well, yeah, there's that.

Although I note that she never attempted to prove that nasty (and utterly bogus) accusation....

[LostinVA]

21. Check out my "Tania" reply to you in the Clique thread

[Midlodemocrat]

23. J'accuse!!!! I can think of

meh, I got nothing.


:rofl:

[Shakespeare]

25. LOL...I know. I sat here for a long time trying to think of something...

...but he's pretty solidly liberal now (though still a rascally contrarian at heart).

[bigwillq]

20. Not any that I can think of

We pretty much are in agreement on all issues. He likes the Clintons a bit more than I do but that's about it. He voted for H. Clinton in the primary; I voted for Kucinich. Other than that, we're pretty much the same.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Absolutely nothing.

He was a Biden supporter, while I favored Kucinich, but we'd gladly support the other's candidate. We just both want a win in the fall...:-)

[mwdem]

26. We agree on everything..

but he "preaches to the choir" so often, that we can't watch the news together without an eruption. Yes, I agree, enough, already!!

[Rhiannon12866]

69. We both yell at the TV, too, LOL.

But we're on the same side...:D

[MissMillie]

27. nobody wants me

so, I get to have the last word.



Works for me

[mcctatas]

28. My husband was a puke for years, FOX news devotee, the whole

nine yards. Anyway, shortly after we were married he came around to the sane side of the aisle, but for some reason will not let go of the old "Wes Clark almost started WW III meme so popular among the freeper set. I finally stopped trying to disabuse him of that notion, but if Obama picks Clark, I may need to stage an intervention :crazy:

[Skittles]

32. no intervention is necessary, mcctatas

let's just kick his ass!

[mcctatas]

34. I'm all for a little "re-education" by the toe of the boot...

as long as they aren't steel toed and no one messes up his face;)

[Skittles]

35. we don't have to break his arm

just BEND it a little :7

[Phillycat]

29. Death penalty. I'm pro, he's not.

Gun control: as a Brit, he believes in super-strict gun control, while I appreciate the 2nd Amendment and think guns have their place. Otherwise, we're pretty much on the same page.

[leftyclimber]

30. We discussed this and couldn't think of a thing.

:shrug:

[mvd]

31. Nothing

But I don't have a SO.

The closest to me in the family are my parents. I used to disagree with them on the death penalty (I'm against it; they were not,) but I've convinced at least my mom. My dad seems more ambivalent. We never agreed on Edwards, and I got some flak about it with the latest news.

[1gobluedem]

36. None

I have him so well trained he calls me from the voting booth to make sure he's voting correctly. Or I give him a list. It's great.

[LostinVA]

42. hahahahahha

[Kali]

37. he's not allowed to disagree

:rofl:

[yellowdogintexas]

39. He has a higher opinion of McSame than I do, which doesn't mean much since

he wouldn't vote R if his life depended on it.

this opinion is never voiced in a comparison to Obama, just a sort of mild mannered respect, which of course he never had for Shrub.

disclaimer: my husband is a Marine Brat and a navy veteran and I think there may be some little bit of inborn reflex to respect the military man, even if you aren't gonna vote for him. I'm just sayin'

[Heidi]

40. Edited: none. (nt)

[Evoman]

43. None that I know...I may be "less harsh" than she is on criminals, but

she is anti-death penalty, so it isn't that big a difference.

For the most part, we are on the same page.

oh yeah...and she is, I think, a little more susceptible to charismatic "leaders", whereas I'm cynical as fuck and I hate all of them. I can't stand being "led"...I just walk in the same direction until the person pisses me off.

[SarahB]

44. Gun control

He's more pro gun control. I'm not.

[petronius]

47. Us too - I'm a gun-owning RKBAer and she's a

rabid gun grabber person who prefers sensible restrictions on firearms ownership... :)

[SOteric]

45. He thinks

he should run the world. And while I agree he would do an excellent job, he'd be too busy. I think he should stay in the bedroom and service my every whim.

[ScreamingMeemie]

56. I think you have the right idea.

Because, if he were running the world, imagine the tabloids and all those skeletons that would be falling hither and yither out of his closest. :shrug:

[SoxFan]

50. Abortion

She's solidly pro-choice.

I tend to be more pro-life in a seamless garment kind of way.

[easttexaslefty]

51. only on gun control

I'm for, he's not

[ScreamingMeemie]

53. We used to disagree on gun control.

Turns out I was right.

[av8rdave]

54. The major one is that she still believes the current ruling party...

Is the only one that can keep us safe from terrorism.

[Taverner]

55. The Death Penalty

I am 100% against. I do not think the state should have the right to take a life.

My wife is for, but thinks there should be a moratorium.

[Pierre.Suave]

57. My Fiancee was a Hillary Supporter...

we agreed to disagree respectfully.

[ScreamingMeemie]

58. My husband was a Libertarian, leaning toward true Freeperism.

He became a better Dem than I.

[Pierre.Suave]

59. My Fiancee thinks I am even more liberal than she is

But for 99% of things, we agree completely. it is scary how in agreement we are about stuff.

:hug:z for you MrsG

[flvegan]

60. None that I'm aware of.

[bridgit]

61. um.......none

:)

[hippywife]

62. Not a thing.

We agree on each and every issue that's come up. We both supported Kucinich since his initial decision to run and neither of us can stomach the Clintons. We're both pretty ambivalent on Obama.

[Throd]

64. Education funding in California

[Aristus]

65. Most of them. She's a Republican.

We do agree on the Iraq War. Biggest mistake in American history. We agree on Bush. Worst, most destructive, damaging, clownish, embarrassing president ever. ("Even more than Bill Clinton!" she says as I roll my eyes...) And we agree (mostly) on the death penalty. She opposes it except in the case of the most monstrous, horrendous crimes. She agrees with me than unless capitalism is heavily regulated, it becomes a form of tyranny. (She doesn't support union labor, though.)

Everything else, we disagree on.

[Pushed To The Left]

66. I have no SO at the moment, but I almost married a hardcore Bush supporter a couple of years ago n/t

[ismnotwasm]

67. Nothing major

We tend to talk out all sides of things, or I'll talk and he summarizes it up in that beautiful way he has. (I tend go off on a tangent, and he can say what needs to be said in about a sentence sometimes)

[Robeson]

68. Politically? None. But I do get pissed at how she messes the covers up on the bed.

[littlebit]

70. Let's see

She thinks the death penalty is cruel. I think it's not cruel enough.
She believes in gun control. I own several guns and want a few more. It's the texan in me.
She believes that we should give all illegals here citizenship. I don't.

Damn I almost sound like a republican.