As for the bloated health care bill, I have two words for you: Patriot Act. A bloated bill that stripped Americans of basic civil liberties that you guys rammed through in the dead of night with virtually nobody reading it or even understanding it. While it's no excuse for a lack of understanding of the current health care bill, it does mean that you guys don't get to complain about it being rushed through Congress. I know you didn't bring that up directly, but it was on my mind.

I don't think you're a racist. I don't think you're insensitive, anti-woman or a poor parent. We agree on at least one thing, which you stated at the outset of your comment, and I'm sure if we compared notes, we probably agree on a lot more, too (this current bill for example, isn't my idea of perfection). I used to play poker and throw darts with a good friend across the street from where we lived. His father was a military general, and his family was about as conservative as they come. But we were good friends who just never argued politics because we knew it was pointless. What was I going to do, turn this 38 year old life-long conservative into a leftie? Ha! And he wasn't going to change my leanings, either. Doesn't mean we couldn't be good friends.

And that's Twitter – and Facebook – for me, now. I don't want to talk politics, and I'll unfollow anyone that goes overboard with the rhetoric (another thing we agree on )

I'm a conservative who does not support Obama or the new health care bill, but that does not mean that I don't believe “helping those less fortunate is a virtue”. I don't believe for a second that this bloated bill will end up helping the less fortunate. That's my opinion and I could be wrong, but it doesn't necessarily make me an evil person.

I've been indirectly called racist, insensitive, anti-woman and even a poor parent on Twitter by people that I do business with and by people that I consider to be my friends. I've frequently had to listen to the hatred and venom aimed at a President that I supported and helped elect.

I get along fine with people who have different opinions then me, that's what makes life interesting. But, like you, I have stopped following people who spew hatred and venom.

As for the bloated health care bill, I have two words for you: Patriot Act. A bloated bill that stripped Americans of basic civil liberties that you guys rammed through in the dead of night with virtually nobody reading it or even understanding it. While it's no excuse for a lack of understanding of the current health care bill, it does mean that you guys don't get to complain about it being rushed through Congress.

I don't think you're a racist. I don't think you're insensitive, anti-woman or a poor parent. We agree on at least one thing, which you stated at the outset of your comment, and I'm sure if we compared notes, we probably agree on a lot more, too (this current bill for example, isn't my idea of perfection). I used to play poker and throw darts with a good friend across the street from where we lived. His father was a military general, and his family was about as conservative as they come. But we were good friends who just never argued politics because we knew it was pointless. What was I going to do, turn this 38 year old life-long conservative into a leftie? Ha! And he wasn't going to change my leanings, either. Doesn't mean we couldn't be good friends.

And that's Twitter – and Facebook – for me, now. I don't want to talk politics, and I'll unfollow anyone that goes overboard with the rhetoric (another thing we agree on )

I'm a conservative who does not support Obama or the new health care bill, but that does not mean that I don't believe “helping those less fortunate is a virtue”. I don't believe for a second that this bloated bill will end up helping the less fortunate. That's my opinion and I could be wrong, but it doesn't necessarily make me an evil person.

I've been indirectly called racist, insensitive, anti-woman and even a poor parent on Twitter by people that I do business with and by people that I consider to be my friends. I've frequently had to listen to the hatred and venom aimed at a President that I supported and helped elect.

I get along fine with people who have different opinions then me, that's what makes life interesting. But, like you, I have stopped following people who spew hatred and venom.

If this is who I think this is, I don't think he cares.

The luxury of being super-successful in spite of your behavior. I actually think his personality has a lot to do with his success, so it sort of goes both ways.