I can honestly say that I was a dyed-in-the-wool liberal in my early days. I thought Jimmy Carter was swell back in '76 and thought Richard Nixon was an evil man. In high school, I wore a "No Nukes" T-shirt and a few friends and I talked of joining a commune when we grew up and maybe hitchiking or across the country and "seeing America."
It's funny to think back on those days now, but at least I grew up. Some never do.
Then I heard Reagan speak......and have been a Republican ever since.