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From 52 to 48 With Love: When Families are Split Down Political Lines

Posted by JeanneSager

Coming from a split political family myself, some of the images captured in blogger ZeFrank's From 52 to 48 With Love project tugged at the part of me that always wishes families would just GET ALONG! I've always wondered if election season wasn't shoved up against Thanksgiving so we'd all be forced to deal with one another and make nice after a long period of sniping.

The project was devised by ZeFrank as a means for Obama supporters to reach out to McCain supporters. He called for pictures with simple messages to be e-mailed his way that could break down the barriers. "Perhaps it is naive. the differences are real, i know. but we have to repair the damage done from this election cycle somehow...," he said.

The result is in stark contrast to the back-biting and hatred of campaign season. Pictures came in from both sides, like the couple making out, one whose cheek reads "I voted red," the other whose cheek says "I voted blue." and from outside the country ("I couldn't vote but I believe in showing the love" with a Brazilian sign). 

But it was the family pictures that hit me: the man holding a sign that says "I voted for Obama. My dad voted for McCain. I love my Dad. Things are really bad. We can only do this together." or the woman holding a letter (ostensibly to her husband?) "Dear 48, Please don't break up with me. I know we can make this work. I'm ready to compromise because I love you and I love us. I'm not doing this just for the kids alone. I'm doing it because I want you to be happy. Love, 52."

There are plenty more at ZeFrank's site, and he's waiting for yours. Want to make someone in your family happy? Someone one either side? Make your own - then send it to them, along with this site.

Images/Source: ZeFrank (via Urlesque)

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Comments

 

I LOVE OBAMA said:

THIS IS LIKE THE ABUSED WOMAN SYNDROME...HONEY, HONEY, I DID EVERYTHING VICIOUS BUT COULDN'T HELP MYSELF....AND I PROMISE I WILL NEVER DO  IT AGAIN...I PROMISE.   AND AND

PLEEEEZE, FORGET OUR  LIBERAL, VILE EXPLETIVE, NAME CALLING WITH EVERY VILE CURSE WORD WE COULD CONJURE UP...FORGET CALLING FOR IMPEACHMENT FOR EIGHT LONG YEARS....FORGET NAZI, HITLER, BUSHSH*T, GOEBBLES, FASCISTS, WARMONGER, BROWN SHIRTS, REPUGLITHONS, REPUKES, CONSPIRACY THEORIES OF 9-11 (BUSH WAS BEHIND IT)  WAR FOR OIL, DARTH VADER, LIBERAL LIES.... REGARDING...... THE NO COVERT AGENT, REFUSED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SUCCESS IN IRAQ AND THERE IS, AND HOW THE TREASONOUS NEW YORK TIMES PRINTED MILITARY SECRETS FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE.

CALLING PETRAEUS - BETRAYUS WHO TURNED IRAQ AROUND, ALL THOSE EFFIGIES OF HANGING BUSH, PALIN AND THE MILITARY,  WHILE PUSHING COMMUNIST MATERIAL AND WEARING HASH HISH PIPES AROUND OUR LIBERAL NECKS.

BUSH BOMBED THE WALLS AROUND NEW ORLEANS, THE LIBERAL MEDIA THAT NOW CLAIMS THEY WERE BIAS FOR OBAMA BECAUSE IT WAS DONE FOR THE WELFARE OF THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WE AMERICAN IDIOTS DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF THINKING FOR OURSELVES,

AND NOW PLEDGES TO DO MORE LYING AND COVERING UP NEGATIVES ON OBAMA AS PRESIDENT AS THEY HAVE ADMITTED THEY ARE PLEDGED TO MAKE MARXIST OBAMA A SUCCESS.   IZZZN'T THAT SWEET..............AND SO VERY TRUTHFUL AND HONEST TOOOOOO.

FORGET THAT WE DIDN'T ALLOW LA TIMES VIDEO OUT TO THE PUBLIC WITH OBAMA TOASTING MUSLIM TERRORIST KHALIDI SAYING ISRAELIS DID GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS, FORGET THE DANCE TROUP OF KIDS THAT DID MOCK BEHEADINGS WHILE TRAMPLING THE AMERICAN, ISRAELI AND BRITISH FLAGS UNDERFOOT WHILE MUSLIM KIDS RECITED ANTI-SEMETIC POEMS DURING THE JEW BASH

.....FORGET OBAMA'S MUSLIM TIES WITH TERRORISTS, FORGET HIS TIES WITH COMMUNISTS, FORGET HIS COMMUNIST MEMBERSHIP IN COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS ALONG WITH PICTURES AND HOW THE COMMUNIST PARTY IS ECSTATIC THAT OBAMA HAS BEEN ELECTED.....JUST FORGET IT NOW......WE HAVE FOUND GREAT LOVE FOR THE REPUGLITHONS AND REPUKES NOW AS OUR MESSIAH HAS NOW BEEN ELECTED....AND WE JUST LOVE YOU AND TRYING TO SPIN ALL THE WARM AND FUZZIES CUZ WE FEEL SO VERY GOOD..........................................................ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL....CRAP

November 11, 2008 7:14 AM
 

Mario said:

From a -48

You say you LOVE ME 52?

One week ago today you were giving me the finger, throwing chocolate shakes at me, and calling me a racist just for waving a 'McCain sign"

Now you want to sing KUMBA-YA-WE ARE THE WORLD LOVE ONE ANOTHER RIGHT NOW? After calling my President Bush, "Hitler" saying 9/11 was an Inside Job...you honestly think I'm gonna give you hug just like that. YOU ARE NAIVE!

Dear 52, I think Obama hates me. How else am I suppose to interpret "Spread the Wealth" or Obama calling me a "BITTER American" or "SELFISH" for wanting to keep my own money I work 11 Hours a day for. Including weekends!

I would have settled for Hillary because I at least know her and I know she would have fought terrorism, I HAVE NO REASON TO TRUST OBAMA!

In fact my WORST FEAR is that Obama will take my Freedom of Speech away. With the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" which makes my speech ILLEGAL.

I can handle paying more taxes I work 3 jobs and I'M NOT RICH and I'm positive Obama wants to "PUNISH" me too for not being apart of his fan base.

I don't blame you, you guys just got caught up in the moment.

November 12, 2008 4:24 AM

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Jeanne Sager is a writer who lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, a dog and too many cats. She refuses to believe motherhood comes with pumpkin appliqued sweaters, and she';s not ready to apologize for having only one child. She writes about raising her kid in her own hometown and the mom stuff she's not embarrassed to own at her blog, Inside Out (http://jeannesager.blogspot.com), she's contributing editor of Grand Magazine, and she's a regular essayist here on Babble

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