Election Night Woes

And so election night went exactly as I feared it would... I watched as CNN just teased me, keeping Kerry close enough to conceivably win throughout the night, never giving him any real edge. The most frustrating part of last night, however, was the fact that I would not have really been much happier had Kerry won. It is a travesty when such a great percentage of the people are not supportive of either candidate, but vote for one because they dislike the other even more. I also found it very disappointing that such a great number of people are so misinformed on the issues of the election. I was watching last night in a fairly divided room, with 5 Kerry supporters (including myself...) and 4 Bush supporters. While we were all just trying to have a good time on election night, we happened to slip into political discussion on several occasions. I was asking one Bush supporter why he favored Bush, and his response was that it came down to him feeling safer when he goes to sleep at night with Bush in office than he would were Kerry in office. This statement just rings of ignorance, as anyone who really paid attention this election would know the terrorists aren't really going to decide whether or not to attack us based on who is president. Regardless of how much you are willing to spend on security, there will always be a way to inflict severe damage on your country (take Israel for example). It was this great sense of ignorance and indifference about the election that really bothered me, even more than Bush being elected for another four years, and I think it is indicative of much greater problems in America.