North Carolina Primary: Ode to Obama. Death to Bob.

[Cautionary statement: this is not a post about my political views or an attempt to sway yours. on the contrary! this is a little tale about how much i hate people who try to force their political and/or religious views on people who believe in the right to choose and the "theory" of EVOLUTION. hurray for dinosaurs! - Crystal]

the other night i was enjoying the daily show and soaking in the wonder that is jon stewart, when a quiet fellow, we shall call him "Bob" (not so far fetched), sat down to join in on the laughter. after about 5 seconds of splendid satirical comedy, Bob asks the question on everyone's mind: "so... who are you going to vote for tomorrow [at the democratic primary]?"

i must interject here and state that about 3 days before this conversation took place, Bob initiated a similar conversation. instead of asking me who i was planning on voting for, he informed me that he was currently undecided. he believed that neither candidate was great and it really wasn't a big deal to him.

back to the story...

i knew i was going to regret answering the question before the words even came out of my mouth. "obama," i replied.

"WHAT??" Bob exclaimed. "i can't believe you're voting for obama!"

i remained silent.

"you shouldn't vote for him. he pissed me off so bad during one of his recent speeches. he was talking about tax payers having to help people and banks recover from the housing foreclosures."

i remained silent. continuing to watch my jon stewart.

"he wants us to pay for stupid people buying houses who didn't read the fine print concerning their interest rates. that's stupid."

i can't hear jon stewart. :( <- sadpants. but i continue to stare at the tv and laugh as if i know what's going on. Bob doesn't get the hint. Bob never gets the hint. rewinding the dvr doesn't help either.

"blah blah blah. blah blah blah. wah wah wah." Bob continued his sermon for a few more minutes, until i was finally able to enjoy the last 10 minutes of the daily show in peace.

then.... THE COLBERT REPORT!! if anyone can release me from the overwhelming feeling of wanting to stab a kitten, it's stephen colbert. love. i laughed, i cried, i couldn't get enough. sadly, my ecstasy was short lived.

every 10 minutes or so, Bob would nonchalantly throw in a "you should vote for hillary...."

i tried to continue enjoying stephen, but it was getting more and more difficult.

"vote for hillary..."

wow, Bob... you are a genius! after months upon months (upon months) of political debates, you in this 45 minutes alone, have convinced me to vote for a candidate, whom you decided to vote for only 3 days prior, based on your views and not those i have formed on my own. maybe YOU sir should be a politician! obviously, i would have to vote for you.

in the end, i just continued to stare at the tv or mess with my laptop. anything other than humor his comments.

News FLASH: while i have been typing, Bob has come around and again made a point to remind me that he would not vote for obama, even if it came between him and a republican. whoopie. i'll alert msnbc.

side note: obama won our primary. double win for me. obama no longer has anything to do with this.