I wanted to be a cool, nuanced Independent, who understood that both sides of the political aisle had pros and cons. But the Republicans continually made this impossible. I had watched Bush, Cheney, and Co. start a ridiculous war in Iraq for what seemed like dishonest political motives. I had watched John McCain select the proudly anti-intellectual Sarah Palin as his presidential running mate. I had watched the Tea Party surge to prominence, with a willingness to damage the country’s credit rating to maintain an incredibly rigid tax policy. I had watched the entire 2016 Republican presidential
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