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James: People are still mystified as to how this relationship works. They hear us yelling at each other on TV and they can't figure out how we manage to share a TV studio, much less a home, a family, a life. I don't blame them for being curious. I mean, not every guy has a wife who calls him a serpenthead -- or worse -- in front of a couple of million people. The truth is, I don't know what makes this relationship work. I'd like to have some articulate metaphysical explanation for it, but I don't. All I can say is that it works. It took me 48 years to find the right formula. It was worth the wait.
Mary: The problem is, people look at us as if we're opposites. We're not. We're actually very similar people. We're both advocates. We're both passionate. We both like a good, fair fight. My opposite is someone who doesn't have a philosophy of life, someone who doesn't get fired up about anything.
James: Sure, we have different ways of looking at politics. No doubt about that. But Jews and Catholics who get married probably have a different way of looking at God. It's just not a deal-breaker. If most everything else is compatible, you've got the makings of a damn good relationship.
Mary: I know it's hard to believe, but we just don't talk politics at home. Taxes, welfare, we'll just never agree. All his lunatic screaming and hand-waving isn't going to sway me, and I can't make him budge either. So we've just learned to avoid talking about those things. There are some subjects where we're both kind of conflicted -- drug policies, for one. We can have a civil conversation about those things.