The best thing about this is that it's proof that the stupid wears off...

[oldlib2]

8. It's Astounding

Since moving to the small California town of Lodi, I have been going to a coffee shop every morning. I meet with about a dozen people who I consider all good and decent friends. Their only shortcoming is their politics, as they listen to Limbaugh and Fox news on a daily basis, and they always make right wing comments. I have not revealed that my son and I are roaring liberals and I doubt that they suspect this. Their remarks are usually a reference as to how incompetent Obama is as president, and once politics is removed from the conversation, they return to the decent people that I enjoy. Revealing my politics would be pointless, and arguing would not change this, and discussions on the weather, families and friends dominates. I spent my working career in Silicon Valley and my friends were all professional Engineers like myself. The people that I have met in Lodi are all working class High School graduates and they all had very successful careers in primarily farming related fields. Get these people beyond politics and they are enjoyable.