Why would you assume nobody crosses over? (Help us, we've been zotted!)

Register Guard ^ | June 26, 2005 | James Chaney

[Capriole]

Just curious, are any of them socially conservative?

I'm not personally acquainted with every single Republican who went over to the Dark Side, but the ones I am acquainted with who felt strongly enough to take out an anti-Bush ad last fall are quite socially conservative. They're folks who have previously followed a perfectly straight party line for many years--you know, low taxes, strong defense, individual responsibility and independence, limiting government, cutting spending on social causes, ending abortion, etc.

I don't understand it and don't support it at all.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Yes, it is odd and hard to understand, but we also see that from time to time in some of the angry posts here. Thanks for sharing.

[Just another Joe]

Why do a majority of posters seem to think this guy went from the Republicans to the Democrats?
His letter doesn't say that.

All it says is that he is no longer a registered Republican.

[Capriole]

FYI, here is a partial, off-the-top-of-the-head list. It's far from complete. My recollection is that there was a large ad signed by scores and scores of Republicans who had served in previous administrations in management positions.

Elmer L. Andersen, former Republican Governor of Minnesota (1961-63)
Dr. Timothy Ashby, director, Office of Mexico and the Caribbean, U.S. Commerce Department under Reagan and Bush I
Jack Bogle Founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund
David Catania, Republican Councilman from Washington, D.C.
Steve Chapman, conservative syndicated columnist, Chicago Tribune
Mike Cobb, former Republican Mayor of Palo Alto, California
George Comstock, Mayor of Portola Valley, California --
Marlow Cook, former Republican Senator from Kentucky
Comer Cottrell, longtime Republican, Bush ally, and old baseball partner
David Durenberger, former Senator from Minnesota (1978-95) (endorsing Kerry health plan over Bush's)
John Eisenhower, son of former Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower
John A. Galbraith, former Republican Ohio General Assemblyman
Peter Gillette, former Republican Commissioner of Trade for Minnesota (1991-95)
Lee Iacocca, former Chrysler Chairman
Anne Morton Kimberly, widow of Rogers C.B. Morton, former Republican Representative from Maryland
Steve May, former Republican state legislator from Arizona
Pete McCloskey, former Republican Representative from California
Scott McConnell, executive editor, The American Conservative
Al Meiklejohn, former Republican state senator from Colorado
Ballard Morton, son of Thruston Morton, former Republican Senator from Kentucky
Clay Myers, Republican Secretary of State (1967-77) and State Treasurer (1977-84) for Oregon
Clyde Prestowitz, counselor to Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Commerce
Rick Russman, former Republican State Senator from New Hampshire
William Milliken, former Republican Governor of Michigan (1969-82)
Charley Reese, conservative columnist/journalist, Orlando Sentinel (1971-2001)
Bill Rutherford, former Treasurer of Oregon and Chair of the Oregon Investment Council
Richard Schmalensee, former Council of Economic Advisers member for President George H. W. Bush
Jon Silver, former Republican Mayor of Portola Valley, California
Gail Slocum, former Republican Mayor of Menlo Park, California
Bob Smith, retired Republican Senator from New Hampshire
Russell E. Train, EPA chief under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Jude Wanniski, former associate editor of The Wall Street Journal, coined term "supply side economics"
Marshall Wittmann, former communications director to Arizona Republican Senator John McCain

Mind, I'm not with these people. I think they're misguided. Just for the record, though, there they are. There are a lot more.

[confederacy of dunces]

Very good. Teddy's one of my favorites