mermaid - i'm with bkc - there's no need for you to cut yourself from us or from the villages. you can't be serious in thinking that you have learned a lot about the people who live in the villages based on the postings of this forum! there are oodles of left wing liberals who live within the villages; they just choose not to battle wits in the forum! ;)

i truly admire your background and accomplishments; no doubt, you could offer significant insight into all you did to overcome the obstacles you faced - some of which were because of the limits placed on women way back when.

we all have opinions and we all make statements here based on them and on our experiences in life; and it isn't always easy to defend/explain them in writing rather than in conversation.

i, too, want to know what your perception of 'the cause of women' is in today's multi-faceted environment. and i'd love to compare sarah palin to other prominent women who are playing out front roles in our society with you.

so c'mon back!

If you look like your avatar, you will never see my hands anywhere near your body. : )

What a mean inconsiderate thing to say to someone who is only expressing their opinion. No wonder this is mainly a right wing site. I have many friends both Democrats and Republicans but it looks like the tea party is taking over the Rep Party. Sad Sad Sad.

I could understand that......:1rotfl:

There are quite a few moderate Republicans here too.

Both parties are so polarized right now that it makes a lot of people feel uncomfortable.

Please realize that the climate in this political forum is not the climate in The Villages.

I have never heard politics discussed in any group I have been in here, unless it is just a small group of people that you have known for a LONG time.

I am always amazed that in politics if people like you as a person they think you think just exactly like them politically.

Our politics are colored and swayed by our life experiences.


You will like it here. I have met so much kindness in this place.(The Villages, not quite so much here in political)

Thanks for laughing with me, cologal. I guess someone didn't understand that it was a joke and that I knew that wasn't your picture. I did put a smiley there.

I was only joking and cologal knew it. No sense of humor, huh?;)

I have a great sense of humour but not everyone knows when the right wing are joking or not? and in most cases they are not joking. Maybe this is why there are very very few Democrats posting on this site anymore.

I DO NOT think that is the reason !!!!

I have talked politics with many people I've met for the first time playing golf in TV and elsewhere, getting a haircut and doing other things in my life. I've had political discussions with strangers in the grocery store. No offense Gracie, but it is very true.

These strangers I've had discussions with; sometimes long interesting debates, some short comments with nods and smiles, don't always agree 100 percent with me but it has never ended with any of the other golfers or people I've met for the first time leaving the course or the store angry.

On the other hand, I have never - not once - had a discussion in TV or anywhere else in my entire life with anyone about stopping a stop signs, dog poop, cars parking in their own driveways, speeding in golf carts, children in TV, people using the pools, holding seats at the squares or anywhere else for that matter.

And let's be honest, there are some really heated and agressive discussion in the other topics in this forum. People say some really hurtful things. This is a discussion board. That is why people type their thoughts here---to discuss things.

It is the Internet. It isn't the real world. To me, the political forum is closer to my reality than many of the other discussions on this forum. Not that they aren't interesting or very informative. Not that I don't really, really enjoy the other topics. But I signed up for political because it interests me. If it doesn't interest you and you aren't willing to discuss what you type in political...don't type anything in here.

I am not saying this to offend anyone. It just gets my goat when people always blame people in the political forum for being meanies and right-winged hot heads. Cologal, djplong, VillagesKahuna and others who views aren't exactly mine have many, many good discussions in this forum.

I don't agree with everything the more conservative members say and we discuss the issues just the same.

I don't think that is the reason either Bucco. JMHO.

Perhaps this is not the place for you if you are actually this shortsighted and shallow as your post would indicate !!!

You have never been here and make a judgment on a potential retirement community by visiting a political forum...a POLITICAL forum. Think about that....quite a statement.

I don't want to be rude but I think you need to work on how to make major decisions in your life !

I also do not believe folks who talk like you did...NOBODY that I have ever heard of in my entire life has ever made a decision on where to retire based on a few visits to a political bulletin board. That is just crazy. I think you over emoted just a tad and cannot possibly mean what you say because you are missing out on a lot of things in life making decisions like that.

And, for your information, I have lived here in The Villages for over 10 years thus I feel better equipped to judge it as a retirement choice, and when we made our decision, we didn't ask, didn't care and didn't know what the political affiliations were. After 10 years I still don't care.

What? Are you trying to say that liberals have a monopoly on humor? If you check the old threads, (I did out of curiosity) ypou will see that the liberals stopped chatting not long after Obama won the election. Wonder why?

A someone who was here during the primary and campaign and posted alongside those of liberal persuasion, I think I know why they don't post but they sure don't want to hear my WHY !!!!

Bucco, I can only speak for myself. When I read some of the things you say, I can't believe my eyes. Like the last thing you said here about using a political forum to decide on a place to retire.

Well, to be honest, it almost made me cry. Not because I was offended. Because it was so spot on and...well...I wish I'd said that. But that goes for alot of the things you post.

I totally enjoyed the exchange........sometimes you have to lighten up a bit.

Take care.....