Sidelines

I avoid confrontation as if it were the plague. If I disagree with you 99.999% of the time I will hold my tongue and nod quietly as I listen as you argue your points. When I read a particularly heated discussion on Facebook or read an article online arguing for or against a candidate or issue I feel my blood pressure rise and my heart starts to race. It's comical in a way. But for this reason I loathe election years. Each day, nay each hour, there is a new indiscretion revealed, a scandal uncovered, a ridiculous quote displayed, and so forth. My head feels like it is in a spin of contradicting information. This makes it difficult when politically I'm on the fence, or maybe I'm in the middle? Each time I hear a politician speak I find things I agree and do not agree with. I have taken those online 'Who is my candidate' quizzes and EVERYTIME I am in the 50-52% range which means I only agree with 1/2 of what each opponent says. So how do I choose which half? It baffles my mind how people can be so certain that one candidate is the one for them. Each time I think I have decided something else surfaces that makes me question if the person is right for the magnanimous job of leading our nation. Can I say neither? Neither Romney nor Obama? If I only agree with 1/2 of what either of them stand for?!!! Le sigh.