Is there a nice way to say "I'd rather sniff a turd than vote for your candidate?"

If so, I'd like to know what it is. The election keeps coming up in conversations at work and I fear my responses are offending people.

Mom said that if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all, so I tried not responding. People get really uncomfortable when you stare at them for five minutes without saying a word. So I started saying the nicest thing I could think of. Results have not been positive.

"Senator Obama is good at basketball. I like basketball" doesn't work. I guess people (at least people in Seattle) think it's racist to suggest that a black man who is good at basketball is good at basketball.

On the other end of the spectrum, "I think it's nice that Senator McCain is old and will be dead soon" gets an even worse reaction.

Maybe I should switch jobs. Is there an industry where people don't vote?