Okay, I'm just gonna come out a say it...I'm a Republican.
I don't have horns, there's a heart in my chest, and I'm not self-righteous and yet it's true - I'm Republican.
Mostly Republican.
I've always thought straight party mentality was stupid.
I come from a long line of Yellow Dog Democrats. I learned this immediately after announcing my political affiliation. My Great-Grandfather mailed me a passionate letter imploring me to reconsider and reminding me of our proud Democratic roots.
Imagine their astonishment when I secured a position working for a Republican U.S. Representative. My uncle, a state Representative, was so upset that he sent a scathing letter to the President of my university accusing one of my Poli-Sci mentors of influencing me.
They were on a mission to save me from the Republican way.
Which was really ironic because a lot of the views they personally held were very much on the "Republican side".
And that's the problem with the straight party mentality. You can't get so caught up in your political identity that you discount what you really think and believe.
So I'm mostly Republican.
One mostly Republican that will not be voting for Trump.
There's a lot I could say about the political reasons but you didn't come to this blog to read thorough political analysis, so I won't. And it really expands beyond his political ideology and comes down to one simple thing for me: the guy's a jerk.
He's the type of guy that would yell at a waiter. The type of guy that never says please or thank you. The type of guy that believes being mean is the same as being powerful. The type of guy that would eat the last cookie.
That's not a guy I would go to dinner with, let alone let represent me as our highest serving official.
I'm not saying being a good person will get you into the Presidency, but being a not good person might just keep you out.
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