Well, my friend, I cut my ideological teeth watching Wm. F. Buckley's "Firing Line" on TV and reading National Review when I was in high school. Since I'm a Californian, I became a follower and fan of Ronald Reagan in 1966. I've had the honor of voting for Reagan for President three times -- 1976, 1980, and 1984 (in 1968 I was too young to vote) -- and have voted for every conservative who 1) had a reasonable chance of winning, and 2) wasn't a jerk. So, some on FR might accuse me of being a gun-grabbing gay-loving abortionist for thinking that Rudy should be part of the mix in this next election, but I'm pretty comfortable and secure in my conservative identity.
"Well, my friend, I cut my ideological teeth watching Wm. F. Buckley's "Firing Line" on TV and reading National Review when I was in high school. Since I'm a Californian, I became a follower and fan of Ronald Reagan in 1966. I've had the honor of voting for Reagan for President three times -- 1976, 1980, and 1984 (in 1968 I was too young to vote) -- and have voted for every conservative who 1) had a reasonable chance of winning, and 2) wasn't a jerk. So, some on FR might accuse me of being a gun-grabbing gay-loving abortionist for thinking that Rudy should be part of the mix in this next election, but I'm pretty comfortable and secure in my conservative identity."
So what the heck happened to you?