I was NEVER a Democrat. I was conservative before I knew the word for it. Why weren’t you?
You know, as someone who's been a registered Republican since I was old enough to vote (except for the times when I got ticked off and went unaffiliated because the GOP did something I didn't like) and who has been a conservative for as long as I can remember, I have to say your comment to LE is reprehensibly stupid. Why don't you get off your high horse and stop acting like an...uh...Democrat?
Fantastic!! And your point is that we choose our politics extremely early in life and stick with that point of view. There is no possibility for learning, enlightenment, seeing the light so to speak and changing affiliation. If you want people who were "conservative" from the get-go to be the only ones who can have an (R) after their name, then you're asking to be a permanent minority.
You could also read bios of Ronald Reagan and find out why he was once a Democrat and then became a Republican.
And, to be honest with you, I don't think "conservative" requires one to have a narrow outlook on life and on others.