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 />