A House Divided

And no, I'm not referring to Clemson and Carolina... I am actually talking about politics. In my household, my dear husband is a staunch republican. He claims he is not, but hey, the proof in is the number of times each week he watches the O'Reilly Factor. I, on the other hand am slightly more left leaning, but basically middle of the road. I don't vote based on party affiliation, but rather on which candidate measures up most closely to my own belief system.

This past week, however, was a banner week for Matt in terms of TV news watching. I have had to sit through more Scott McClellan interviews than he gave, or so it would seem. Last night alone, he watched three more news programs. I'm seriously on news overload at my house. Now, I don't know how you feel about torture, but this probably ranks right up there with waterboarding. Just kidding... a little humor injected into the political realm never hurts anything? Right?

Um. Maybe not. At least not in the world of Bill O'Reilly, Dan Abrams (the Doogie Howser of the TV News sect), Hannity & Colmes and Keith Olbermann. Matt's reasoning for watching other channels newsprograms besides FOX - He says he does it to learn how the other side comes to their warped conclusions. I will say, though, he is well informed - just slightly obsessive. And if I dare say these guys are NOT actually news? Oh My GOD! THAT particular debate will rage for hours, if not days. I love to irritate him by saying O'Reilly is a just talk show host and a bad one at that... It makes me smile. : )

Anyway. My husband loves to debate issues. ANY issue. It doesn't matter how trivial. And he does not conceed that he might be... dare I say it? ... WRONG! (I think this is why he loves the O'Reilly Factor so much. Bill-o loves to argue and can't seem to admit any misconceptions either.)

This Sunday, we were riding around Florence checking out open houses in the area when we passed a sign announcing a candidate running for office in the Pee Dee. The name on the placard was spelled... Dottie. There is only one way to pronouce that, right? Not in Matt's world. He argued with me for a solid 30 minutes that it could potentially be pronounced as Dodie. ARGH!! Finally I asked when have you ever heard it pronounced that way? He answered with a smug smile... "I'm not saying I have, just that as a name it could be. Because there are no rules as to how a name should be pronounced."

At that point, I seriously considered murder as a means to shut him up. : ) (Again, only kidding)

And that ladies and gentlemen of the jury is why my house is divided. Because my loving husband cannot admit that he is a freak of nature who just likes to argue for the sake of arguing all the while gathering more fodder for his cannon of debate from the MANY news (talk shows) programs he watches each night..

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