A quick introduction of me:
It took the last 8 years and this incredibly exciting (if excruciating) campaign season to finally get me interested in politics. The first time I voted was in 1988 as an 18-year-old. I'm embarassed about who I voted for in 88, so I won't say. I got a little more interested when Clinton came around, but did only my duty by casting my ballot on election days. In 2000 I was dating a raging republican (boy, what was I thinking?) and he stayed up all night watching the returns, but I didn't really care. I voted for Gore since I thought he was the lesser of two evils. Bush II pissed me off so much that in 2004 I was pretty riled up - enough to cast my vote for Kerry and watch the returns with some friends at a bar.
But this year....
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