Quote:What exactly did you hope he'd do?

I tell you, I don't know what I was thinking. Straight up. I know I had my ideas at the time but for the life of me I can't remember what they were. I was also going through an extremely stressful time in my life and was not working on all cylinders as they say, so there were many factors. But I really did think he'd change things for the better. My idea of better at that time in my life was, "anywhere but here" and most likely projected that on to him. 

 

I was mentally unstable, and that's not a joke. I left this message board about a year prior due to an extreme event in my life I've discussed here since my return, and I remained pretty compromised regarding a lot of things for several years. So voting for President was probably not a wise choice looking back.

 

This is the first time I've actually admitted this in this context and it's pretty surreal, but it's the truth.

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