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Ever feel left out when your friends start talking politics and you’ve got nothing to contribute? We don’t understand because we’re all about the party lines but here’s our best suggestions for looking effortlessly interested without being too intense
Get the Basics: Get out your get wild blue internet and research the main playersdo you know who Michelle Bachmann is? You should, and a few of her rivals, just enough to mention their name and a fact or two about their policy.
Learn One Topic: Become a pseudo expert in one area, say, healthcare reform, and turn every conversation back to that topic. You’ll look like a genius and if you choose wisely there’s likely to be other people in the room who are just as willing to talk about it.
Plead the Fifth: If all else fails, make everyone else feel bad for talking about politics by saying you prefer “not to talk about politics or religion in a social setting” because it generally upsets people. You’ll seem mature and thoughtful without anyone ever knowing you don’t know anything about politics.