I told my husband about the previous post, and he wanted me to post a retraction, he’s sitting right here, so this is a quote from the republican, politics-loving man I’m married to:

“As to the question can a republican be a “Tree Hugger” - in the truest sense, by all means. Unfortunately with many of the existing “Tree Huggers” it seems that there is more of a relationship with the tree than the people around them. As a person who lives under trees, and was raised loving the beauty they provide, I take exception to those that feel it is one or the other. I feel republicans have a great sense for protecting the conditions of our lives as well as our environment, and feel there has to be harmony in both.”

So there you have it, from a man who was raised by a father who worked for the Forest Service. He fought fires, and for a number of years the familiy lived on and maintained many acres of forested government land in Colorado, my husband has fond memories of those days.  Oh, by the way, my  father-in-law, in his own words, is a “die-hard democrat”.

Tags: colorado, democrat, forest service, republican, tree hugger

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