Things I have learned about my husband in the last few weeks

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. While watching "The Presidents, from Washington to (dubya)"...The electoral college was being discussed. He proclaimed "Shit! You mean it's been there since the beginning? We are so fucked!"

2. While watching the round of Sunday morning shows, they kept showing the White House in anticiapation of dubya's press conference. He kept asking where the dome was. I kept telling him that there is no dome on the White House. I was so confused. Then I realized, he was thinking of the hill. He thought it was all in one building, and thinks it's stupid that they aren't.

I know that he's pretty much politically ignorant, that's obvious. We have conversations that go like this:

Me: "And then, Barbara Boxer said...."
Him: "And then I upgraded my NOS and kicked their asses, winning the tournament, and making the cover of a magazine"

I know he lives in the world of video games, but I just didn't think it was this bad.

[Maple]

1. If you thought exactly alike

on all things, you'd be married to yourself.

Variety is a good thing.

[Not_Giving_Up]

4. Oh, I forgot another good one...

He was whining because I was watching the coverage of the Iraq "vote". he wanted to play video games. I explained that this was history in the making, and I wanted to see it. His response was "I don't see the big deal, so there's another democratic country."

[bliss_eternal]

10. Get him the Nintendo DS--you won't have to share tv

anymore. It's a system you can hold in the palm of your hand and DOES NOT require the use of a television. I think Playstation (sony) may have made a system that stands alone also (no tv required) but I'm not sure. I got my dh one (the Nintendo DS) for Christmas, not really knowing what it was and he LOVES it.

I LOVE it as I can watch and use the tv and not have to compete with him for the use of it. I like to play with it too, truth be told. LOL!

My heart goes out to you. But I agree, if you guys were exactly alike, life would be pretty boring.

My dh takes some interest in politics--not as much as me, but some. :)

[Historic NY]

2. Eventually he might catch on.....n/t

Buy him some educational video games.

[Sydnie]

6. I can't remember the name right now but

there was a pc game put out this year just before the election about running your own election. The characters were symbolic blivet** and Kerry characters even.

Check out your local software store. They may have the answer for how you can meld the two together and do something that incorporates what you both like.

Gotta think positively, right?

[Sydnie]

3. My ex used to ask for his "list" the morning of any election

We have been divorced for four years and even this year, when I was in another state working for Kerry, he called my house on election day to find out if I had left him a list!

Count your blessings, I think. LOL

[Not_Giving_Up]

5. He doesn't even bother to vote

He says he's registered, but doesn't know where his card is. I explained to him that he could have voted with just his driver's license if he was on the list...he claimed I had never told him that before. Right, I only said it 20 or 30 times when I asked him where his voter registration card was.

[rooboy]

7. I know exactly what you're talking about.

Once I told my wife about the scary things I'd been reading about the right wingers on various websites. She told me that if the authorities came and took me away, I would only have myself to blame.

[Not_Giving_Up]

8. LOL...He told me that black SUV's were going to follow me around

After I wrote DeMint to chew him out about his stupid comments. We don't live in SC, and I didn't figure i'd get a response, but someone from his office e-mailed me back within 10 minutes or so. Every time someone knoks on the door, he swears it men in black coming to take me away.

[Radical Activist]

9. This is why I like to meet women at protests

At least I know we have one important thing in common. :D

[WindRavenX]

11. SNARF!

Is it bad that I dated a guy for a few weeks after meeting at a pro-choice rally? :o

[Radical Activist]

12. Is it bad that I can't believe

a single man would have any reason to attend a pro-choice rally except to pick up women? I mean, you know there are going to be a lot of liberal women there! Maybe I'm just cynical. hehe

I've never attended a pro-choice rally but I did date a girl for over a month that I met at a protest against the war in Iraq. She came to the next planning meeting for the peace group that I was helping to coordinate and we went out for a movie after the meeting. :)

[WindRavenX]

13. believe it or not...

...we do usually get a lot of feminist men (usually the boyfriends of the women, heh heh) at our rallies. The only times I've met single, feminist men were from colleges. I might be leery if the guy was 30+, but other than that, I think it's wicked awesome when guys go to pro-choice rallies!

[Radical Activist]

14. Honestly, if there had been a pro-choice rally

at my school when I was in college I probably would have gone. I went to just about all the protests. Heck, I helped organize most of them.

BTW, did you see my post about Hotel Rwanda, a GOOD movie? ;)

[WindRavenX]

15. yes

It's on my "to see" list.
Meaning it'll be a few months :)
It was kinda a bad year for movies; only 4 stand out off the top of my head (Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Sideways, Kinsey).

[Radical Activist]

16. You know,

I haven't seen very many movies this past year. I was busy campaigning most of the time, but there weren't that many movies I badly wanted to see either. Just F9/11 which I saw on the opening weekend. I took my nieces to the Incredibles and that was entertaining. I want to see Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. I have some catching up to do now that life is getting back to normal after the election.

[radfringe]

17. check this out

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3038051

makes me want to admend a bible verse "....and the ignorant shall vote for the stupid..."