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All of the views expressed in this post belong to the author and not to Political Union as an organization. Am I joking? Kind of. Consider this a parody of the people who insisted that their favorite longshot candidate was the only one fit to rule, despite having positions nearly identical to at least five others. As illogical as it is, people do this because their candidate is the one whose message speaks to them the most, and whose politics they most admire, even if they would be identical to most of the others in office. By that measure, I now realize - too late - that my choice should have been Marianne Williamson.
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Molly Molloy
All of the views expressed in this post belong to the author and not to Political Union as an organization. Though my word alone means very little in this format, I think it’s important to mention that I would not consider myself easy to surprise. Easy to anger, sure. Easy to upset, absolutely. (I cried four separate times during the first act of Phantom alone.) Easy to please – alright well, I wouldn’t call myself that either, but I can say without a doubt in my mind that I’m not easily surprised. I can count on one hand the times I’ve been properly surprised in my life, and most have been during mystery-themed board games. It’s not because I’m psychic, or even particularly prescient. It’s rather that I do my best not to base my expectations on a lack of information. So, it’s not like I knew that Jon Snow and Khaleesi were going to hook up. It’s more that I never assumed they wouldn’t, because who was I to say? The exception to my years of abstention from assumption-making has taken place right here in Evanston, Illinois. Y’all really had me in the first half. Will Secker
All of the views expressed in this post belong to the author and not to Political Union as an organization. Last February, before our school year was so unfortunately interrupted, the Campus Republicans hosted conservative writer David French for a lecture. In his closing, he gave a short summary of one of the maladies affecting our country. To paraphrase, “The citizens from Florida are too concerned with the Senator from Alaska.” He was hinting at a larger issue underlying many of the political debates, issues, and policies dividing the country. Our political system has been so nationalized that the word “politics” has become synonymous with Washington, the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court. But politics is more than Washington, and it’s certainly more than just the President. Every day, politics is waged in the cities, counties, and states across the country. When the vast majority of politics is focused on what happens nationally, we lose a sense of the unique circumstances that make each city, county, and state different. |
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