a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:650:"You often wonder when speaking to your friends whose political views are different from yours why you continue those relationships.<br />
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Your views regarding almost all of the issues that matter to you don&rsquo;t coincide with theirs so you stay away from any conversations about those subjects and talk about things that are essentially meaningless.<br />
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The question becomes&nbsp; -- why do we bother?<br />
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For an interesting opinion piece from an ex-Democrat on the subject click on the following story link:<br />
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http://patriotpost.us/opinion/burt-prelutsky/2011/10/27/confessions-of-an-ex-democrat/<br />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}s:17:"field_story_image";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:"fid";s:4:"1878";s:4:"list";s:1:"1";s:4:"data";a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}s:3:"uid";s:1:"1";s:8:"filename";s:14:"be_friends.jpg";s:8:"filepath";s:41:"sites/default/files/images/be_friends.jpg";s:8:"filemime";s:10:"image/jpeg";s:8:"filesize";s:5:"70522";s:6:"status";s:1:"1";s:9:"timestamp";s:10:"1320158803";}}s:12:"field_weight";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:2:"19";}}}