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Stop dating liberals!

I was reading this weblog [hot abercrombie chick, good name], and the first article I saw (and the reason I was there in the first place) was a discussion of who had won the second Bush/Kerry debate. Now the author claims not to have a political affiliation by virtue of a disdain for both candidates (and perhaps politics in general), but it's going to be an uphill struggle to convince me of that when there is a permanent skyscraper advertisement on the left of the site seeking to help conservative girls find right-wing boyfriends, ostensibly to appease their parents, and to stop arguing politics on dates. While I tried to read the article, I couldn't stop thinking about the advertisement. It's really very very funny.

The ad, which you can see to the left (click to enlarge) starts with "stop dating liberals". Is "Liberals" a dirty way of saying Democrats, by the way? I'm not American so I don't know, but the right-wingers keep calling them that, so I'm curious. It goes on to suggest that the difference in political viewpoint is the sole reason why you don't get along. Ha! Good excuse.

Here's some of the silly stuff going through my head.

• I wouldn't have called it "conservativematch.com", I would have called it "dateright.com", which I think is far catchier.

• If you argue with everyone you date, based on their political affiliation, perhaps you respect them enough (you are dating them after all) to listen to what they have to say (at least one of them) and seek to find things you can agree on. Plenty of couples have opposite political viewpoints, it's only because the present administration has so polarised opinion that the left and right want each other's heads on platters these days.

• It's remarkably like a politician to seek to only speak to audiences that are already on your side.

• Maybe the link takes you to a Republican recruiting site? Just a thought, but what an incredibly creative way to get young people to become politically active rather than just rant at their partner of the opposite sex. (Well it isn't going to be a same sex partner, is it? Bush wanted to outlaw gay marriage).

• Ahha - subconscious advertising... they're suggesting that democrats are bad at sex.
  

I was in a strange mood and just needed to get that out of my system.