@Chewbacca @Chopper @6th Street @honolulu hornand anybody else in CO/Denver area...school me on CO republicans? not Boebert diehards and rural maga, those folks are the same everywhere...but like, how are citified republicans around here?
i have a new friend i met at a doxie meet-up (Duke's "girlfriend's" mom lol), and she's invited us to a small get-together this weekend for the pups to play. maybe 12-15 people.
since it's so close to the election and we're still getting to know each, other she was gracious enough to lmk most of the other guests are republican and obviously politics might come up (it sounds weird but was actually really sweet and i appreciated the warning lol)
funny, she said 'since you're from Texas i assume you probably lean R?' to which i replied 'well yes i am from Texas... but politics is literally a top two reason we fled the insanity!' haha
anyway, my reply was basically 'not a problem at all for me...but fyi I am a highly informed voter, a have a govt degree from UT, i spent my entire career in the public sector, and politics is basically my hobby...so yeah, don't start none, won't be none' lol ( i mean i was also sweet and nice 😊 but that was the gist)
so honestly, im not particularly concerned, i'm more than capable of refusing to engage and letting Duke hang out with his girlfriend for a couple of hours without getting offended if politics comes up... but i'm also very likely to call out bs if/when i hear it being spread. but as these are Denverites and i have literally not seen one single Trump flag or sign in the city itself (H/W is everywhere!) i'm assuming these are going to be much more of the educated, wealthy/country club type... and i'm just wondering if there's any kind of hot buttons or whatever to be careful of?🤔
my hope is since they are hopefully NOT maga morons that we can just actually avoid politics altogether... you know, like civilized people used to?
the fact that she had no idea which way i leaned after hanging out several times tells me that I am capable of that...but i don't know about others 😐
anyway... open to advice/suggestions! 😜