>Mike,
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>It sounds like someone has a jealousy problem. Isn't everyone opinionated? I mean, if you don't have an opinion, what do you have, someone elses opinion? I can't tell you how to "fix" it, but I'll just say if you are comfortable with your positions, what do you care what others have to say, your girlfriend notwithstanding?
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>Personally, I think you're a pretty good guy, even if you are a liberal.<g>
>
>As Shakespear put it, "This above all: to thine own self be true,
>And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man."

That is my favorite Shakespeare quote! No kidding. My 5th grade teacher wrote it on the blackboard the first day of school and I have never forgotten it.

I have never let politics interfere with my liking of you. You're one of the good guys, even if you do keep voting for the wrong party <g>.