I love my boss. Seriously.

I have to take a second to say how awesome my boss is. He always has been but something particularly cool happened today. Now remember, we work for a really big, mega-corporation where most or all of our executives are Republicans. During the past 12 years, I have been in many a meeting where a department head has shared his or her unsolicited opinion on politics with the rank and file. Those of us who are Democrats basically smile and keep quiet because expressing a political opinion that your executive doesn't agree with can be a career-ender. Today Dave (my boss) and I were in a meeting with an officer. The officer started ranting a bit, going off on how bad he thinks things will be if Obama gets in and we get a Democratic congress. (I'm silently going, 'Yeah, because life for the last 8 years has been a real paradise here with endless wars, a huge deficit, government-funded abstinence-only programs that result in more teen pregnancy, the health care crisis worsening, etc, etc'). Dave actually spoke up! He said that he was a Democrat and that his views were more on the liberal side. He didn't debate him but he voiced his views.

Wow! At my company you just don't identify as a Democrat, not in front of an executive, and you really don't use the dreaded "L" word to describe yourself. I admire Dave so much for speaking his mind. I told him so after the meeting but he didn't seem to think it was such a big deal. I'm really lucky to work with him.