[bigjoesaddle]

Please share your coments, thanks.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

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[American Soldier]

I'm from a blue collar family and voted even enthusiastically went to see Clinton speak once. Joining the Army wasn't enough to make a conservative out of me - it took 8 years of Clinton.

I think former democrats might in many cases would make better than average republican political candidates in the future, as they often have the background to resist the "Country Club Republican" label. We need people who can charm like Clinton charmed and with whom average Americans can easily identify (as I see it this is a weakness of the GOP and of Bush the First in particular) but who aren't merely out to manipulate the public and make a career out of politics (as are 90% of left wing politicians).

[ko_kyi]

I had a similar experience. My dad was a lifelong democrat because he was a Union guy. Funny, the union thing was the ONLY reason he was Demo. My dad never realized that in the 60s and 70s the party decided to leave HIM. I was moderately liberal in college, voted for Clinton in 1992, then started to come around. I am NOT on board with all things Republican, as I have very libertarian leanings. But I thank Bill Clinton every day for showing me why I should not be a liberal (sorry the rest of the world had to suffer while I learned my lesson). I studied Mass Communication in college, and it was the liberal bias of the press that really opened my eyes. Liberal bias is like a magic eye drawing. Once you finally see it, you can't stop seeing it.

I think there is something to your theory, bigjoesaddle.