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"Hollywood probably has more closet conservatives than closet homosexuals." - Charlton Heston

Goes for Northern California too! Last weekend I was listening to a very Dear Old friend going on about she couldn't believe Bush had been reelected, and instead of my usual Quiet listening self, I hear myself say "Hopefully my vote helped." She stopped in mid sentence and simply said "my, that really surprises me". I felt like I had suddenly come out of the closet and it felt good!! I half jokingly said I hoped we could still be friends, and she said she actually did have one other friend who voted for Bush, but she lived in Washington....I was her only California Bush supporting friend! She was serious!! I told her I had some very valid reasons for supporting Bush, and she replied with how she "hated this war, and couldn't stand to see a woman's right to choose be taken away". I told her i too hated the war, but understood the necessity of it, and hoped that we would be successful there so we didn't have to fight terrorists on Market St. in San Francisco. I also told her that the only vehement abortion stand I had seen Bush take was against late term abortion, and told her I doubted she really supported that either. I told her I wouldn't bring anything up again, but if she was interested I could give her my reasons for supporting Bush. She just shook her head as I was leaving. As I said, coming out of the closet was quite exhilarating! Might try it with a few other friends and acquaintances!!