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*[[George Orwell]]<ref>See [[Mystery:Did George Orwell Become a Conservative?]]</ref> | *[[George Orwell]]<ref>See [[Mystery:Did George Orwell Become a Conservative?]]</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Carl Paladino]], Republican-nominee for NY Governor. Was a Democrat for 30-years. <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/sep/15/tea-party-candidate-pictures#/?picture=366718197&index=1 Stars of the Tea Party, Guardian.co.uk, September 15, 2010]</ref> | ||
*[[Melanie Phillips]] | *[[Melanie Phillips]] | ||
*[[Norman Podhoretz]], [[neoconservative]] writer | *[[Norman Podhoretz]], [[neoconservative]] writer | ||
Revision as of 01:07, September 16, 2010
List of former liberals
- Stephen Baldwin, the only actor in the family known to be conservative. [1]
- Saul Bellow, a former liberal, he is now typically identified with neoconservativism
- Steve Beren
- Kirk Cameron, actor and former child star. Used to be an atheist, now runs the "Way of the Master" ministry.
- Sandra Cano
- Nick Cohen
- Anthony Flew, former atheist, and anti-theist, he now supports the teaching of intelligent design in schools.
- John T. Flynn, socialist who turned against the New Deal
- Milton Friedman, an active supporter of the New Deal who turned libertarian in the late 1940s
- William Randolph Hearst, powerful publisher 1900-1940 era
- Sidney Hook, philosopher
- Willmoore Kendall, political scientist
- Alveda King
- Irving Kristol, founder of neoconservativism
- Joseph Lieberman, became independent after losing the Democratic renomination in 2006; strong supporter in 2008 of John McCain.
- Seymour Martin Lipset, leading sociologist and political scientist
- Norma McCorvey
- Michael Medved, film critic
- Dennis Miller
- Lisa Miller - former lesbian, now born again Christian, who has been ordered by the state to hand over custody of her biological daughter Isabella to her former partner
- Zell Miller
- Raymond Moley, was a "Brains trust" top advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933
- Bernard Nathanson
- George Orwell[2]
- Carl Paladino, Republican-nominee for NY Governor. Was a Democrat for 30-years. [3]
- Melanie Phillips
- Norman Podhoretz, neoconservative writer
- Dennis Prager
- Ronald Reagan, leading liberal of the 1940s; turned right about 1960
- Evan Sayet
- Michael Savage
- Laura Schlessinger
- Stephen Schwartz
- Alfred Sherman
- Ron Silver
- Al Smith, Democratic nominee for president in 1928
- David Stockman, Reagan's budget director
- Jon Voight, actor
- Burton K. Wheeler
- James Woods
- David Zucker, director and co-writer of An American Carol, it is a conservative film mocking popular leftist figures like Michael Moore.