I just got into a discussion with a coworker about elections. It was, indeed heated but I don't think anything nasty was said. Let's call this person Chris. Chris will remain genderless and will only go by Chris. Chris and I did not heatedly discuss the election because Chris is on one side of the isle and I find myself on the other. We had a little debate about whether voting for a 3rd party candidate is a waste of a vote. Chris feels like it isn't and I feel like it is. I have voted for a 3rd party candidate in the past and while I don't believe it contributed to the outcome of the election or forced one candidate to lose, I do believe that enough people THINK it influenced the outcome of the election that such a party will never have enough support in an election to qualify for public money. I asked Chris if Chris had any preference one way or another for either of the major party candidates and Chris said no. When pressed, Chris expressed a favorable view for one of them on 3 separate issues but could not off the top of Chris' head think of one for the other guy. When I pulled up the issues on CNN and read them to Chris, Chris declined further discussion to avoid an argument and claimed I was attacking Chris' point of view because I said Chris vote didn't make a difference. Chris went on to say that Chris didn't know where the candidates stood on many of the issues I listed. This frustrated me further because it would be MONUMENTALLY easy for Chris to do so. This link, right HERE lists all the major issues and describes how each of the 2 big guys feels about said issue. I'm sure there is a list like this on many news sites but CNN is my standby. So yeah, at the end of the 'discussion,' I wanted to attack and say, "That is your own stupid fault for not finding out and if you can't defend your choice without feeling attacked and defensive than you shouldn't have said anything in the first place." But instead I went to the bathroom and came back saying, "Rain is bad for election day!" and pretended that nothing had happened.

I would have been less angry if Chris had voted for the guy on the other side of the isle. Having an opinion that you base on how you feel is one thing. Having an opinion based on absolutely nothing is a waste of the democratic process. Let's just have fish swim in a tank with the names of all the candidates on the bottom and at a certain time, take a picture and whoever has more fish above their name, wins! It makes just as much sense.

To quote a wise man:
"Pick a side. We're at war."

At least I feel awake now! And I can go watch the results! Woop! Thanks, Chris for being a total tool.