He graduated college in 1971: Hair down to his ass, peace signs, worked for McGovern in '72 -- the whole smash.
Then......he went into business, got married, bought a house. Suffered like the rest of us through the dreary Carterized late '70's: Gas lines, 14% inflation, 20% interest rates, Soviets on the move, etc.
Voted for Reagan in '80 (heresay to his family and friends). Never looked back. In fact, he and I became the resident Clinton haters at the firm!
Have faith. There IS hope for the morons you deal with at school. Really.