Of course, by 1993 I had started reading "conservative" books. That spelled the end for my liberal wordlview. Allan Bloom's Closing of the American Mind was like electro-shock therapy to me; it had the effect of changing my entire view of the left, about "progress," about such things as affirmative action, the universities.
And with the birth of my son I came to understand that abortion is the most heartless, thoughtless, and inhuman bit of social engineering in American society today. There was no way for me to reconcile my feelings as a father with the supposed "need" for this abomination. It was the most visceral, human reaction to anything I've ever had in my entire life.
It's amazing how that criminal made conservatives out of moral used-to-be liberals. Which means, of course that current liberals are immoral.
As a gesture of goodwill, I'll let you in on a shameful secret about myself.
In a fit of anti-incumbent rage, but not willing to cross completely to the dark side, I gave more than passing thought to voting for Perot in '92. Don't tell anybody.