Why you act frightened?

So today is Election Day. I used to be really into politics.
I mean really into it.
I read all sorts of books about the economy and foreign policy and humorous commentaries and serious critiques etc.....
I was a member of the campus Green Party and would go down to Philly for shows and wait outside to hand out literature.
Basically I was a total fool. And although I know this makes me sounds pretty stupid, I really don't care too much about politics these days.
I think thats the way that most Americans feel. We all have a few key issues that we focus in on and make our decisions based on that. (Unless your like this idiot friend I have [had] who was the definition of an idiot. In high school his books said things like 'Math' and 'English' instead of 'Algebra' and 'English Poetry'. He was always really self conscious about his complete lack of intelligence and was constantly trying to over compensate for it by engaging in "intelligent " conversation and making up words that seemed like they just may be real. Anyway its these type of people that really scare me because when talking about this upcoming election he says things like "Obama really has him on the issues" and "McCain's philosophy on global affairs really doesn't sync up well with the modern American sentiment". What?!?!?!? Basically these type of idiots get bullied around by all of the liberal media outlets like MoveOn.org and honestly believe that McCain has malicious intentions and Obama is our savior. Neither is true. I see all of these fool [a version of me ten years ago] who equate McCain with Hitler. He's a vet! Do these mental midgets not understand that we exist in a country with a government structure that would never allow for such a scenario? It really boils my blood. Anyway back on topic........)
My two issues are foreign policy and abortion.
I'm not sure why but they are. I really don't like the whole concept of war but understand that it is a necessary evil in some circumstances. I just don't believe this is one of those circumstances.
I also hate religious influence in anything, especially politics so I guess thats where the abortion thing comes into play. I mean I got lucky and never was faced with a situation where I had to choose between having a child unexpectedly and having an abortion but after 8 weeks with my lil' guy I've come to realize that its no easy task so these young girls should have a choice.

I guess thats all I got on the issue of politics. Oh wait I do have a pretty funny story to give some counter balance to my ultra liberal idiot ex-friend. When I was 22 I moved back in with my parents for a few months and took some courses at the local community college. On the weekends I would come back to West Chester and stay with Kristen. Anyway during the week I used to be a server at the Ruby Tuesday by my parents. The place really attracted a lot of the typical I Roc driving, denim wearing stereotypical Jersey crowd. Well I happened to be working when there was a pretty big war protest in Philadelphia and it was being aired on the local news stations. I should mention that it was about this time that I realized the level of political douchebaggery I had attained but was still pretty emotional about the war. So..... oh I also need to mention that I worked with the guy who was uber conservative but otherwise a pretty normal guy. He would just throw out these crazy remarks. For example I gave him a ride to work once and he got in my car and was all like "Turn off NPR now!" and I was all like "Why?" He goes "You know it stands for National Propaganda Radio right?" and I was all like "Dude you have like 5 DUI's and can't drive so why don't you shut up about the radio"
So there I am at a white trash Ruby Tuesday watching these protests on the bar TV and I say something along the lines of "The amount of people there is amazing! I wish I had the day off so I could get up there." Before I know it this weird waiter has me pinned up against the bar and is shouting about god knows what. He had this really deranged look in his eyes so I eventually wiggle my way free and he is calling me a commie (which looking back is the best part of the story). It attracted the attention of some of the patrons and a few decided to join in. Well things escalated and I just walked out. Instead of letting it go these guys followed me out to my car and were threatening to beat me. The one thing I remember is the bar patron said to me, "You want to protest now? Where were you to protest the 9/11 attacks?" I said "If there was a protest to stop the 9/11 attacks I would have been there but I guess I missed that one. Where you at that protest?" The guy responded by saying "You better believe I was there and if you don't get out of here I'm going to make those towers look like a fairy tale." I promptly left but I've always wondered what was going through that dudes head to make him say something so absurd.

I guess the moral is that anyone who takes politics too seriously is an idiot.