I'm at a wedding, and my uncle's right wing friend approaches me. [View All]

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He's a nice enough guy, I suppose. He's educated (an MBA) and likes to be super-macho conservative--guns, hunting, private property, anti-immigration. But I digress.

So he comes up to me (he's about 8-9 years older than I; that would put him between 35-55), we're in a church after the wedding service itself (some sort of Protestant sect); it's been about 7-8 years since we last saw each other. He knows my political ways, knows that I'm religious (he knows better than to argue theology with me, so he never really goes there), and he knows that I'm pretty laid back about things, so he feels free to try to make political jokes while still trying to make his point (all done in good humor of course. OF COURSE!!!).

So he comes up to me, smile spread across his mustachioed face, winks at my uncle (who is also repub.), and says to me, "So, you still liberal?" "Last time I checked." His smile gets even bigger (which means he's just read a really witty email and/or bumper sticker and is going to zing me with it). "You know, God is a Republican." Without missing a beat, without cracking a smile, I respond, "Well, that would explain all the starving people in Africa."

"I suggest we stop now, cause I can do this all night." We talked about the weather in my part of the country.