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*[[Anthony Flew]], former [[atheist]], and [[anti-theist]], he now supports the teaching of [[intelligent design]] in schools. | *[[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 | *[[John T. Flynn]], socialist who turned against the New Deal | ||
Revision as of 19:33, January 26, 2011
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
- Andrew Breitbart
- Pat Caddell, former political consultant for Jimmy Carter and currently a Fox news contributor.
- Kirk Cameron, actor and former child star. Used to be an atheist, now runs the "Way of the Master" ministry.
- Sandra Cano
- Nick Cohen
- Dorothy Day
- Richard Dreyfus [2]
- 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
- C.S. Lewis, Godless-liberal professor before conversion to Christianity
- 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[3]
- Carl Paladino, Republican-nominee for NY Governor. Was a Democrat for 30-years. [4]
- 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.