You can add me to the list that did the exact same thing. I learned a valuable lesson. It's one thing to have strong values, another to cut off your nose to spite your face.
Me too. Then, as the Clinton horror years advanced, I began studying politics like crazy, soaking up everything I could find on political theory, American history, political biographies and reading at length about the Founding Fathers and Reagan.
I learned why politics works the way it does, that Madison deliberately prevented any "20% of the voters" (even us GOOD 20% LOL) from having total power and that we have to work together with others for a majority... it's the only structure that can also prevent a BAD 20% from gaining total power. Through all that learning the foundations of our country, liberty, personal freedom with responsibility, justice for all, I learned why conservatism had always rang so true to my naive heart. And was humbled to tears that so many great men have died to protect and preserve us and our incredible America.
Sorry to get mushy... but my cut-my-own-nose-off lesson in voting against Bush Senior actually shoved me on an incredible personal learning journey that brought me to an even greater reverence for America that is God's miracle and our deep responsibility to care for her now ourselves.
The Morning-Of-Clinton-Winning was like a two-by-four to the head that changed my whole life in the end. I used to just feel great pride when I heard this, now I cry every time for how much it means to me.... "Oh say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave, Over the land of the free, and the home of the brave?"
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Talk about a "valuable lesson" :-)
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Too bad the Republicans didn't learn anything.