Palin registered “Reagan Republican” at age 18 and never looked back.
By the 1950s Reagan was formally CAMPAIGNING for Republicans, Eisenhower in 1952, and 1956, and Nixon in 1960.
You are apparently determined to miss the point: Palin gave Perry a ringing endorsement in 2009, saying, among other things, "He does what is right regardless of whether it is popular. He walks the walk of a true conservative." You can find the full text of the endorsement letter here: http://republicancandidates.blogspot.com/2009/02/governor-sarah-palins-endorsement-of.html When or how she became a conservative is completely irrelevant to the question, and is not in the least bit addressed in my post, nor in your original observation. You said conservatives should distrust him. I replied that Palin evidently has no such distrust, based on her most recent statements. You counter that Palin has always been a conservative. O.... K....
By the 1950s Reagan was formally CAMPAIGNING for Republicans, Eisenhower in 1952, and 1956, and Nixon in 1960.
Again, irrelevant. Please actually read my post before you "refute" me with a claim that is entirely impertinent.
1990 is 21 years ago. That is when Perry became a Republican. Reagan campaigned for a Democrat in 1950. The chronology pretty clearly marks his last break with any liberal notions around 1951, but he did not become a Republican officially for some time after that. I won't quibble with you: Whenever you wish to draw the line is fine with me. Now count back less than a decade from that date and you will find Reagan was a solid supporter of FDR. If you hold support for Gore against Perry, you cannot give my favorite President a pass on that basis. If 21 years is your statute of limitations, then he was still radioactively untrustworthy when he came out for Goldwater in 1964.
But of course, he wasn't.
And that's the point.
The issue is not when Perry "converted." The issue is what does he believe now. What does his record as a Republican show? That is what concerns me.