[muawiyah]

Republicans who turn into Democrats are generally thought of as "sick".

[Archytekt]

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!"

[PMCarey]

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

[Bigh4u2]

"You don't seem to see any of these types of stories about Republicans switching though."

"Jumpin" Jim Jeffords.

[Chode]

grew up - came down - sobered up or all of the above...

[Verginius Rufus]

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.

[lowbridge]

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.

[WyCoKsRepublican]

My heart was torn apart knowing of McCain's torture and imprisonment at the Hanoi Hilton. But I just can't understand why he remains a Republican when he is a democRAT in heart and soul. I would embrace his departure from the GOP