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I Have Lost a Friend Over the Election

Posted on 10/29/2008 2:12:34 PM PDT by libertarian9

I have been an Independent for most of my life but this year I registered as a Republican.

A have a friend who I've known for 22 years. He is an Obama supporter.

He has ended our friendship because I am supporting McCain and not Obama.

He has gone so far as to say that I'm not the person he thought I was all these years. I am angry and sad and a little stunned.

Anyone else having similar experiences over the election?


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KEYWORDS: antichrist; conspiracy; effmarkeyd; hypnosis; mccain; obama; soloact
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1 posted on 10/29/2008 2:12:34 PM PDT by libertarian9
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To: libertarian9

screw ‘em, some friend he/she was.


2 posted on 10/29/2008 2:13:47 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: libertarian9

He is just following his Messiah’s commandment to “get in the face” of his opponents.


3 posted on 10/29/2008 2:13:56 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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Today your friend....6 days your country. I think all of us feel the loss....

But we CAN get out there and change it and make sure it doesn’t happen....


4 posted on 10/29/2008 2:14:10 PM PDT by Illinois Rep
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To: libertarian9

I lost a bunch of friends recently too.

Oh well.

I ain’t supporting Marxism.

Period.


5 posted on 10/29/2008 2:14:24 PM PDT by library user
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To: libertarian9

You didn’t lose a friend. He did.


6 posted on 10/29/2008 2:14:24 PM PDT by Blogger
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To: libertarian9

Not much of a friend.

This election will tell us just who our real friends are.


7 posted on 10/29/2008 2:14:29 PM PDT by Califreak (Hope -n- Che'nge is the battle cry of the zombies.)
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To: libertarian9

Hopefully, he’ll realize his stupidity when the spell breaks.


8 posted on 10/29/2008 2:14:51 PM PDT by fetal heart beats by 21st day (Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
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To: libertarian9

The supporters of Hussein have way too much emotionally invested in this campaign and their cult of personality.

They don’t need friends as long as they have Hussein!


9 posted on 10/29/2008 2:14:57 PM PDT by KoRn (Barack Obama Must Be Stopped!!!)
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I have a friend who’s a conservative but has been telling me “it’s over, BO will win” for about a month. I’ve severed ties with him until after the election. Can’t stand that negative vibe...from ANYONE.


10 posted on 10/29/2008 2:15:03 PM PDT by albie
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To: libertarian9

I’ve lost a few “friends” this way, some as long-term as that. I’m willing to overlook a friend’s propensity for being wrong-headed, but if they won’t reciprocate, it’s not worth having them around.


11 posted on 10/29/2008 2:15:07 PM PDT by SoDak (Molon Labe)
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Oh you said it best. He didn’t lose a friend, the other guy did.


12 posted on 10/29/2008 2:15:28 PM PDT by Carley (The media understands credentials but does NOT understand principles.)
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To: libertarian9

Every female in my social circle, and 40% of the men are voting for Obama. Thankfully, they just view me as some “eccentric, gun-owning curmudgeon” and leave it at that.


13 posted on 10/29/2008 2:15:48 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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At least you found out what sort of friend he really was.


14 posted on 10/29/2008 2:15:54 PM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: libertarian9

You’re too new here to be posting vanities.


15 posted on 10/29/2008 2:15:58 PM PDT by MarkeyD (THE DEMOCRATS LIED, THE ECONOMY DIED.)
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To: libertarian9

I’ve stopped discussing politics with friends I know have opposing viewpoints. While I can’t understand how they continue to cling to a party that’s been overrun by leftists, their friendship is far more valuable, so I leave it at that.

One day, and I hope it’s not too late, they’ll hold a label like my screen name.


16 posted on 10/29/2008 2:16:10 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (u)
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To: libertarian9

My husband lost his best friend, best man at our wedding, over Clinton. It happens.


17 posted on 10/29/2008 2:16:20 PM PDT by colorcountry (To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: libertarian9
Your friendship was a conditional relationship. I live in a very liberal area, and I find that they are only open minded when you agree with them. If you don't they become distant. My son is in college and experiences the same bias from some professors. Get yourself in a good church and you'll find friendships that will last.
18 posted on 10/29/2008 2:16:20 PM PDT by Son-Joshua (son-joshua)
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To: KoRn

Not to minimize your loss of a friend, but it happened in Nazi Germany. People that you thought were pals, your buddies, turned out to be stooges for the Third Reich. The cult of personality around the Black Fuhrer is going to destroy a lot of friendships, I’m afraid.


19 posted on 10/29/2008 2:16:33 PM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: albie

I am a pariah in my family because I listen to Rush.


20 posted on 10/29/2008 2:16:36 PM PDT by maizey (maizey)
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