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I actually voted democrat through 1992. Yes, I voted for B.J. Clinton!
By 1994, I was a proud voter for the Contact with America...
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I followed much the same path.
Election Night 1994 surely ranks in my “Top 25 Greatest Days of My Life”.
I voted for Bill (and Hillary!) in 1994...partly because I did do
plenty of reading of major newspapers. The portrait they painted was
one of two brainiacs saving the folks of Arkansas from their ignorance.
And being from Oklahoma, I thought...maybe this Clinton guy and Al Gore
are going to, in some sense, show folks that not all Southerners are rubes.
As soon as Bill went through the sloppy construction of “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell”, I got buyer’s remorse.
And if polling data is accurate, it was just like the fair number of
folks that voted for Obama (and/or “hope and change”).
Live and learn.
Thank G-d we live in a country that allows for recovery (self-correction)
from disasterous choices.
I'm just glad Clinton did not carry Texas in 1992. Even though I contributed to his vote total, I did not really help elect him.