My story
I was apolitical in the 1980s and 1990s though I did know what Presidents and President candidates I liked and didn't like. I had a positive image of Ronald Reagan and Republicans in the 1980s In 2001, I became acquainted with hot button issues with the stem cell issue, I had no idea what that was when George W Bush talked about it. Now I realize Stem Cell research is a good thing but I was apolitical to it back then. I became a liberal Democrat in 2003 due to me being against the Iraq War (which I initially supported but turned against when I realized it was just American Imperialism or globalism which I felt was wrong) , due to me seeing the hate that anti war celebs got for their opposition to the Iraq War by neocons and due to me hating the Patriot Act. From then on to this day, I was and still am socially liberal and fiscally centrist. After 9/11 and especially after the Iraq War started I was sensitive to the plight for Muslims who were being hated on by neocons and their a