[Steve Van Doorn]

"Well you've been around long enough to know that sometimes some people turn to the "Dark Side". "

I have not yet met anyone that went from a conservative to a liberal (or dark side). It is common the other way around.

[Newtoidaho]

I can think of a few who have gone from conservative (at least they were thought to be at the time) to the dark side:

Sandra Day O'Conner
David Souter
John Paul Stevens
Anthony Kennedy

[exDemMom]

I have not yet met anyone that went from a conservative to a liberal (or dark side). It is common the other way around.

You think? Any empirical data?

signed, exDemMom

[Grampa Dave]

"I have not yet met anyone that went from a conservative to a liberal (or dark side). It is common the other way around."

Actually, it is not all that rare. We see it fairly often. There two categories:

1. We can remember our Mothers fuming over two decades ago when friends/relatives retired and became blazing liberals in a year two after retirement. Now that my wife and I are Mid 60, we have seen the same thing happen to friends and others that we know. Probably most of them went over for the greed. Some were fake conservatives working for corporations or owning their own business, and if they had outed themselves as liberals before retirement, it would have been costly. Last but not least, if a child or grandchild came out of the closet as a homosexual, that was the reason to become a liberal.

2. The far fringes of those who call themselves conservatives have gone so far right, they have merged with the far left of the of the dark side. Amazingly, they still call themselves conservatives, while hating America, GW/his cabinet and those of us who support our side. We see them posting on Free Republic all the time and often write an opus as they join Justin and others of his ilk.