I turned legal voting age in 2001. I missed the 2000 Gore V Bush election by one year. I was a senior in high school that year (2000-2001) when I first caught the political bug, thanks to a brilliant, enthusiastic History and Government teacher and current events at that time.
I missed the 'Clinton' years because I was too young and was not interested (but can appreciate it in hindsight). The following year i went on to get my BA in Political Science blah blah blah, and obviously, I'm a proud liberal Democrat.
That being said, the last 8 years of my life, the entire span of my political junkiness, has been fighting against 'the power', being against the 'status quo', and rallying against the 'evil' leader of the other party, George W. Bush.
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