2007-05-14 05:14:52 · 15 answers · asked by lilmil39 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Any book about coming of age in the US should work.
2007-05-14 05:17:31 · answer #1 · answered by Shrink 5 · 2⤊ 6⤋
A few years ago, a long time Liberal named Belinda Stronach from New Market Aurora, Ontario, decided to switch sides and run for election with the Conservative party. She won in her riding but the Conservatives did not win the leadership. Belinda stayed with the Conservative party but was eventually told that she would probably not be given a leadership role if the Conservatives were ever leaders of the Government. So, during an extremely tense confidence vote that was set to pull down the current Liberal government, Belinda "crossed the floor" to join the Liberal party under Paul Martin, who had secretly promised her a leadership position in the Liberal government.
Her happiness in that leadership position didn't last long, though, because the Conservatives were able to pull down the government with a confidence vote regarding corruption in the Liberal government. The Conservatives were elected to head a Minority Government and Belinda is now saying that she is leaving politics after her present term ends.
I've added a link to a place that is advertising a book about her. There is probably juicy information about what I just wrote above. Have fun!
2007-05-14 05:27:41 · answer #2 · answered by K. F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lead them to artwork for a year and then hand 'em a W-2. a pal of mine stated he watched his son "substitute right into a conservative in front of his very eyes" whilst he gained his first actual W-2 interior the mail.
2017-01-09 20:16:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative." by David Brock.
Conservatives Without Conscience, by John Dean
2007-05-14 05:27:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The New Thought Police: Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds by Tammy Bruce.
2007-05-14 05:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by Truth B. Told ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
How about 44 years' worth of research showing whiny kids turn into conservatives, and self-confident kids turn into liberals?
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March 22, 2006
"Confident Kids Turn Out Liberal, Insecure Whiners Turn Conservative
We've suspected it all along...now there's more research to back it up.
Confident, resilient, self-reliant kids mostly grow up to be liberals, while insecure kids look for the reassurance provided by tradition and authority and find it in conservative politics, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Research Into Personality.
Confident kids turned out liberal and were still hanging loose, turning into bright, non-conforming adults with wide interests, according to Kurt Kleiner, a Toronto-based freelance science writer who covered the study's release in the Toronto Star.
"The more confident kids are eager to explore alternatives to the way things are, and find liberal politics more congenial," the study concludes. "The girls were still outgoing, but the young men tended to turn a little introspective."
"In a society that values self-confidence and out-goingness, it's a mostly flattering picture for liberals," Kleiner writes. "It also runs contrary to the American stereotype of wimpy liberals and strong conservatives."
Similar work by John T. Jost of Stanford and colleagues in 2003 drew a political backlash. The researchers reviewed 44 years worth of studies into the psychology of conservatism, and concluded that people who are dogmatic, fearful, intolerant of ambiguity and uncertainty, and who crave order and structure are more likely to gravitate to conservatism. Critics branded it the "conservatives are crazy" study, but hey, we say if the shoe fits...
Jost welcomed the new study, saying it lends support to his conclusions. But Jeff Greenberg, a social psychologist at the University of Arizona who was critical of Jost's study, was less impressed, Kleiner reports.
We say the truth is in front of your eyes. Just look inside the White House...."
2007-05-14 05:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
"Right Turns"
You should also listen to Dennis Miller on that topic. How things change for him after 9/11 and watch his liberal friends go farther and farther to the left.
2007-05-14 05:22:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka.
2007-05-14 05:21:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Michael Medved and Michael Savage to name 2 Liberals that was introduced the TRUTH and became CONSERVATIVES
2007-05-14 05:20:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Yes. "Why I Went Right" by Mary Eberstadt.
2007-05-14 05:20:09 · answer #10 · answered by gayconservativ 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Check out the writings of Benito Mussolini. He changed form socialist to fascist, largely because of opportunism.
Others were motivated by greed.
2007-05-14 05:19:14 · answer #11 · answered by mr_fartson 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋