[subterfuge]

Sounds familiar. Black guy at work was wrestling with his decision to vote, or not vote for Obama a week or so ago. He said Obama’s abortion stance goes against “his beliefs.”

Then he said, Obama is “really, really smart and has good ideas.” Like “change”, I guess. Then he said he was previously for Hillary, who is also “really, really smart. Much smarter than Sarah Palin.” I really could not afford to talk to him after that and just muttered “um, oh...okay.” To have kept discussing would have meant some bad words would have come hurling out of my mouth and I’d have probably been fired.

[RandallFlagg]

Then he said, Obama is “really, really smart and has good ideas.”

That's what my seven-year-old said. "Obama is smart. And he never lies, and tells the truth."

I explained the Halloween candy redistribution thing to him and he changed his mind quick. Perhaps that would have worked on the guy at your work.