The Blog About Nothing

My english teacher fed me to the lions. We were assigned into groups of 6 to read McCain and Obama's stands on the economic crisis, then share our opinions to the group. I did what I was supposed to- and I was pretty torn. McCain had some good ideas, and so did Obama. In the longrun, I like McCain's plan. As long as it doesn't backfire on us.

Before I continue, let me introduce you to the majority idiots that are my groupmates. First, there's James. He's a typical white trash guy who can't say a sentence without igniting at least one F-Bomb. He gets in trouble on a consistant basis for falling asleep in class. Next up, my mexican friend Abel. He's not stupid, but our opinions on politics vary greatly. Then there's this one kid named Patrick. He's not much of a talker- he reminds me of a pantomime artist, in the aspect of he uses facial expressions and gestures instead of just saying it out loud. Not to say he doesn't talk at all, he just prefers body language. The guy next to him would be Cory. He's a prime example from my blog about boys; he's a hot jerk. He constantly picks verbal fights with me. Lastly, there's this one quiet girl, Meghan. She doesn't say or do much. At all.

Now that you know what I was up against, the next part of the assignment was to discuss our opinions with our groups. My group was pretty idle; James was asleep, Cory was staring into space, Patrick was playing with a thread on his shirt, and the other two were just... there. Reluctantly, Cory got the conversation started. He was agreeing with Obama, as did Abel and Patrick. Meghan was undecided, and we all knew James would say Obama (considering he screams 'Obama 08!' on a daily basis). After a long silence, they came to the realization I never said my opinion.

"So who do you agree with?" Patrick inquired, not bothering to lift his head while still picking at the thread on his shirt.
Well, time to meet my appointment with the hungry lions.
"McCain" I replied simply.

It was pretty humorous the way everyone reacted to my saying that. Patrick and Cory looked up at my simultaneously and shouted "WHAT?!". Like a chain reaction, James woke up with a "WHAT THE ****???". Meghan and Abel just stared at me like "0.0.". What wasn't humorous was being persecuted like Jesus in his final days.

"Why would you pick McCain?!"
"You're just saying it to contradict everyone"
"McCain is so stupid- you're obviously messed up"
"All the ****ing republicans are gonna keep us in the ****ing war and we're gonna lose more ****ing soldiers than ever, all because ****ing Bush wanted to avenge his ****ed up father. You have any idea how ****ed up this country is gonna be?!"

You can at least make an educated guess as to who said what. Comments like this were eating me apart as I tried to stand my ground. Being the only republican in my group isn't easy. Maybe it would have been easier to accept their democratism if they would back their opinions up the right way, instead of name calling. Claiming that I'm a right-winged screwup doesn't prove Obama has a better way to save our economy. If anything, it only made the three guys seem more archaic.

We have to continue these groups on a different subject each day until election day. Two words- I'm doomed.