Right now they are happy as contented cows because they cannot believe he could possibly lose. But, If O loses and riots break out, Nov 4 will be my last day. My life expectancy would drop to zero if I stayed there.
If that's true, then your co-workers already have you pegged. You're skating on very thin ice, my friend.
Ensure your safety, or be gone. Do not compromise with that.
“My life expectancy would drop to zero if I stayed there.”
Someone (Zappa or Dylan) that “you should not be where you don’t belong.” Sounds like you are in that place.
I worked in an office like yours for a very long time. I joined the union and used it against the bastards and filed an EEO complaint when they really made it obvious what they were up to. There was always some new affirmative action anencephalic trying to make their bones on me. I just conducted low level warfare at all times. It only really got bad after I had about 20 years in so given that my first career had been blown up by the Gerry Ford/Jimmy Carter economy, I hung on for the pension. I am a sworn enemy of everything Obama represents because of those corrupt slime. /rant.
If Obama wins, the leftists will be emboldened to discriminate and you probably won't have a job for long, either. Maybe you can find work in a medium sized city in one of the red states? Most large cities even in red states are blue enclaves, and just about any large city has problems to one degree or another. In a medium sized city, there are I.T. jobs that don't pay as well as in a large city but the cost of living is likely to be less. There is no future in a large, dying city unless you are politically connected/protected somehow.
I had a software contract in Detroit a few years back. I was very glad that Michigan has CCW reciprocity with Pennsylvania. It was kind of weird walking around on the weekend and sticking out like a creamsicle (I like your phrase).
Plan on taking the day off on Nov 5. Whether Obama wins or loses, things will be exciting in Detroit from late Nov 4 through Nov 5.