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Why One Democrat Turned Republican
Scooop.net ^ | 12 December 2005 | John Eyler

Posted on 12/11/2005 11:24:00 AM PST by broberts

Popular blogger who reveals exactly why he made the big switch. You don't seem to see any of these types of stories about Republicans switching though.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: epiphany; politics
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1 posted on 12/11/2005 11:24:01 AM PST by broberts
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Republicans who turn into Democrats are generally thought of as "sick".


2 posted on 12/11/2005 11:26:42 AM PST by muawiyah (u)
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Republicans who turn Democrats usually do so only after massive trauma to the head.


3 posted on 12/11/2005 11:36:33 AM PST by samtheman
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Pulling their head out of their ass might count as sufficient trauma....


4 posted on 12/11/2005 11:39:37 AM PST by misterrob
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Yeah, and the MSM calls that head trauma "courage".


5 posted on 12/11/2005 11:39:51 AM PST by kcar (theUNsucks.com)
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To: broberts

I beleive Churchill said something like:

"A man of twenty and not of the liberal persausion hath no heart, a man of forty and not of the conservative persuasion hath no head!"


6 posted on 12/11/2005 11:42:03 AM PST by Archytekt
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Republicans only start voting Democratic after they're dead and buried ...
7 posted on 12/11/2005 11:42:04 AM PST by PMCarey
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"You don't seem to see any of these types of stories about Republicans switching though."

"Jumpin" Jim Jeffords.


8 posted on 12/11/2005 11:44:49 AM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: muawiyah
"Republicans who turn into Democrats are generally thought of as "sick"."

Candidate for switch - McCain.
9 posted on 12/11/2005 11:47:06 AM PST by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: muawiyah

Check this article out ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538348/posts?page=18#18)


10 posted on 12/11/2005 11:57:11 AM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: samtheman

Check this article out ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538348/posts?page=18#18)


11 posted on 12/11/2005 11:57:39 AM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Bigh4u2

became an independent.

http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords/about.html


12 posted on 12/11/2005 12:05:26 PM PST by sgtyork (jack murtha and the media -- unconditional surrender used to mean the enemy surrendered)
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To: PMCarey
LOL

Republicans only start voting Democratic after they're dead and buried ...

13 posted on 12/11/2005 12:07:14 PM PST by GOPJ (War on Christmas? Celebrate the sweetness of forbidden customs... Deck the halls for Christmas)
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Image hosted by Photobucket.com grew up - came down - sobered up or all of the above...
15 posted on 12/11/2005 12:11:01 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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At the time of the Clinton impeachment, CNN, I think it was, had a story about all the Republicans who were switching their registration to Democrat because of their disgust at the Republican Party. Probably as genuine as the people who call in to C-SPAN on the Republican line to bash President Bush.


16 posted on 12/11/2005 12:21:32 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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You don't seem to see any of these types of stories about Republicans switching though

Well, you do see these type of stories in the book reviews of Conservative publications on Amazon. Though no one believes them.

17 posted on 12/11/2005 12:36:06 PM PST by lowbridge (All that is needed for evil to triumph is for "RINOS" to do something)
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RINO: A Republican who turned Democrat but lacks sufficient head trauma to admit it and switch parties.


18 posted on 12/11/2005 1:58:37 PM PST by Galveston Grl (Getting angry and abandoning power to the Democrats is not a choice.)
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19 posted on 12/11/2005 2:14:52 PM PST by upchuck (Article posts of just one or two sentences do not preserve the quality of FR. Lazy FReepers be gone!)
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To: Archytekt; broberts
"A man of twenty and not of the liberal persausion hath no heart, a man of forty and not of the conservative persuasion hath no head!"

But back in those days much of what is called "liberal" was is now called "conservative". A classical liberal believes in limited government, personal liberty, and free markets. I don't see the socialists who mislabel themselves as liberals favoring those concepts. Old fashioned 18th century style conservatives have much more in common with them.

20 posted on 12/11/2005 3:17:50 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey hey ho ho Andy Heyward's got to go!)
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