I can NOT understand. What is it

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12. I was less involved then too

But I came of voting age in '93 and I was already very keenly aware of it, especially having grown up in the South. Fortunately, Bush 43 vetoing funding expansion for SCHIP wiped the scales from my eyes with regard to what modern Republicans are really about, and I started to recognize it for what it was. But yes, it does go back to the 90's, without even a shred of doubt.