People change, I was a communist and voted for Ted Kennedy. So tired of the Conservative purity tests.
Only I am truly a Conservative, you can all worship at my feet.
Get some help
I did.
At one point in my youth, I was pro-choice.
I did research, learned, and my views completely changed. I have been vehemently pro-life ever since.
Yes, it does seem, that there are purity tests sometimes, here on Free Republic.
Based on such criteria, then nobody can run for office, unless they are conservative, and have always been conservative, and have a documented record that they have always been conservative, and never ever deviated from any conservative views at any time in their lives.
Some truth to that (1st part I mean) but one has to admit something. That is we don’t really know the character of a person based on what they say because lies are cheap. So we can only go back and see what they have said or done in their past.
The best predictor of a person future behavior is their past behavior which is still true.
Finally I have a distant cousin that is a 2x murderer. Out now and a changed man…yet I would not trust him as far as I could throw him. Why? The past matters.
Thank you - Conservatives are more enthusiastic about eating their own then they are going after the Dems.
We need more purity tests, not what sounds good. The majority of Supreme Court Justices appointed by Republicans have voted liberal.
Maybe people change and that’s good, but keep your “change” out of the White House.
We've been backstabbed by phony conservatives so many times that a new convert is hard to trust.
You I have voted for Democrats. Are we able tio be Republicans now?
Or are we going to hell for that? Have citizenship rescinded?
No matter how young and naïve I was in my teens I never was a Commie.
Also your comment is even better considering your tag line...
You should keep that one to yourself.