Making Friends With Your Past Political Self

By Kleinheider Posted on December 17, 2008 at 2:29 pm

Rob Robinson discusses his political evolution:

A good friend of mine once passed along advice from his father: “Be a Democrat while you’re young, and a Republican when you’re older.”

Although I reserve the right to vote for whomever I think is most fit for office, regardless of political affiliation, I’ve taken that advice, only in reverse. I’m much more liberal, progressive or whatever you choose to call it today than I was in 1991, but I think my eighteen-year-old self and I would still be able to be friends. Even in my more conservative days, what mattered to me most were compassion and character. That much hasn’t changed, and I hope it never does.

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