I recently entered the online dating scene and have met nice women for Columbus-area lunches or dinners in the process. After I thanked one, I got a thanks back with an additional note: "I never asked you about your political views. I have no problem with Republicans, but if you are a MAGA Republican, it would be difficult for us to develop a friendship."

Wow. That comment threw me for a loop, but it made me reflect on the bitter divisions within the country. It is literally a civil war.

For half a century, I have been a Goldwater Republican and later became a Reaganite. Peace through strength was the motto. I do want to "Make America Great Again" after its precipitous decline during the Biden presidency. I like much of what President Donald Trump has done as 45 & 47, dislike a few and scratch my head at others. He has brought pride back to America, especially in the heartland, but dismay and disdain among the coastal elite.

I guess I could comment in return.

"I have no problem with Democrats, but would be difficult for me to develop a friendship with one who has blindly been to a 'No Kings' rally, suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome, uses the biased legacy media as their only........

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