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To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (48367)	3/20/2006 8:14:52 AM
From: Oblomov	Respond to of 116555

The most dishonest thing about party labels is that they ignore the fact the people are under a constant process of change. I was once a staunch liberal Democrat, but have since rejected both parties for a moderate libertarian position. I don't consider myself a Democrat, and would be playing coy if I did (I haven't voted that way in 15+ years), but nothing is stopping me from calling myself one. Ideology, on the other hand, is a bit different. It isn't possible for someone to go from being a "conservative" to an "extreme left winger" or vice versa without the equivalent of a heart and lung transplant on his most basic beliefs. This radical change sometimes happens when someone goes through a personal crisis. But I do think it's possible to go from being a Republican to being a lefty without much personal change. John Lindsay or Nelson Rockefeller were considered liberal at the time of their political peak, and they would probably be Democrats today. I haven't read the book either, but I do agree on the issue of the religious right. Welcoming the religious fundamentalists into its midst 25 years ago was the devil's bargain made by the GOP. The Democrats made a similar error 30+ years ago.