The Friend Dilemma

I noted over the weekend....someone did a survey and came to find that 97-percent of conservatives say it's possible for them to have liberal friends.  The same survey suggested that liberals did have a problem in finding a conservative friend....with the numbers up around forty-percent.

It's a curious dilemma.  Thirty years ago....it would not have mattered.  You'd shuffle into work....talk baseball or football with folks...repeated some scene you saw off of Barney Miller from the previous evening....then had a beer with several folks.  Political chatter would simply have not happened.

But all of this goes to an even bigger problem....having regular relationships. 

So what should you do, as a conservative?  You should go and admire liberal folks....even in the face of adversity and being bull-headed.

If they were chatty and willing to share a beer with you....you should go the extra mile to talk on baseball, religion, tornado news, strange rashes you've had, your dog's health, the brakes failing on the truck, the condition of your yard, your favorite character from Lost, loves lost, WWE wrestling, and regular unimportant stuff. 

Tell them that you just lost all interest in politics.  I know....it's all fake, but you have to understand....if they've chosen you as a 'bud'.....it's a hard thing in the matter of statistics.