Open Mouth, Insert Foot

Back during the presidential campaign, I blogged from time to time about my political views.  While most of my posts were pretty tongue in cheek, I was pretty much lambasted by die-hard Republicans who couldn't believe that I was taking pot shots at Sarah Palin and John McCain.  I even stopped writing about politics all together because I didn't care for all the negative comments - although people tell me that when people start saying nasty things about you after you've posted a blog, you've finally hit the big time.  

Anyway, it's now March and we're two months and change into the new administration and so far, our economy hasn't rebounded, the unemployment rate is continuing to soar and every time I watch a business show on TV (it's not often, but when I do), there usually are several old man and one attractive woman lambasting President Obama and his current plans to fix our crumbling economy. 

While I usually ignore all those grumpy old men (and that one babe), change the channel and flip on iCarly, my husband watches these shows religiously and even listens to them on the radio.  He turns on the Bloomberg Channel every morning, reads the Wall Street Journal and monitors our falling stocks throughout the day.  Except for a random sports report, it's all business news, all the time.  He's a Republican through and through and is ready to go toe to toe with anyone who says that President Obama knows just what he's doing as he attempts to solve our economic woes.

Fast forward to this past weekend.  While visiting friends, my husband was sharing his thoughts on why he believed the current administration was screwing up our economy even further when out of nowhere, a woman who had been visiting our friends from out of town, decided to throw her two cents into the mix.  

"You obviously are completely uneducated because Obama has only been in office two months and you're not even giving him a chance."

To which my husband replied, "Do you even know my name?"

To which I replied, "Oh, don't mind him, he's just a Republican."

To which she replied, "And he's also uneducated if he thinks that the Obama Administration is responsible for screwing up our economy.  You can blame the mess we're in on George Bush." 

When we returned home, it appeared that my husband was pretty perturbed with me too.  It seems I made a major blunder by attempting to defend his actions by calling him a Republican.  Lesson learned - when you're protecting your right-leaning spouse against a nasty comment from a liberal, do not, under any circumstances defend him by saying he's just a Republican.  It turns out, that's an insult too.

And so, here we are, two months later and I still can't talk about politics on my own blog, in my house or among mixed company. Maybe next time, I'll take on a less heated topic, like religion or global warming. 

This is an original post to NYC Moms Blog. Beth F. is a publicist, humor writer, party planner, mom blogger, Blog Talk Radio host, part time singer, loving mother of two, supportive wife, cat owner and founder of Role Mommy, an online community and events company dedicated to inspiring today's busy mothers to pursue their passion while raising a family.