My unlikely bridge to the right [NPR type moves right]

Washington Times ^ | March 27, 2004 | Paul Beston

[Roscoe Karns]

A few years ago, I worked for a struggling dot-com in Manhattan whose work force was almost uniformly liberal. Given my conservative orientation, I saw little sense in getting involved in workplace political discussions. My silence was interpreted as acquiescence until I could stand it no longer and fessed up. One co-worker, who had served on the committee that hired me, felt betrayed.

[UltraKonservativen]

WELCOME TO THE LIGHT.

[UltraKonservativen]

WELCOME TO THE LIGHT. YOU ARE FIXED.

[Happy2BMe]

You're right - it was a good read after all.

Humanism + Eliteism = Liberalism.

That pretty much sums up the inlaws.

[expatpat]

I was a liberal -- I supported LBJ over Goldwater, I hated Nixon, and watched Watergate unfold with something approaching glee. I saw the light during Jimmy Peanuts time at the helm. The contrast between Jimmy's miserable incompetence and Ronnie's uplifting optimism were too much to resist.

[HarryCaul]

Been here for years. This was the best source for election 2000 info by far, and various Clintonian scandals back when I merely lurked. Heh heh.

[Puddleglum]

Thanks for the article. It gives me some writers to look up. And I've been meaning to read "Slouching toward Gomorrah" for some time.

[Pan_Yan]

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[mhking]

A fascinating piece of truth...

I wish Dr. Steele was more of the column-writing type; his wisdom is needed in the daily grind.

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[eddie willers]

Then came "Bridges." Now I would have to read and hear what the conservatives were thinking.

Yep....that started me on my way. Funny what a long drink from Atlas Shrugged will do.

With my new found wisdom, I had concluded that liberals were simply wrong.

Race was the hook on which liberals hung their moral authority. Without it, I had nothing left to hold onto.

After watching the sliming of Clarence Thomas, I concluded that their leaders were not simply wrong....but evil.

I have never looked back.

[MoralSense]

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[Keith]

Correction...my dad informed me that NPR stands for National Pinko Radio...

I can always instantly determine someone's politics by when they say, "I heard a piece on NPR the other day"...

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Better late than never, expatpat! Despite the embarrassment of Watergate, I'm still proud I voted for Nixon and would vote for even him over McGovern anytime anyday.

Now when it comes to Ronnie: the best there ever was... the best there ever will be.

[Mason]

"Bridges" was a fabulous show. I missed for quite awhile after it was pulled and had forgotten it. Thanks for the excellent note.

[DE50AE]

Thank you Roscoe, an excellent read. If you don't mind, I have some liberal friends I'd like to send this too. I always try to think it's not too late for them to see the perspective that we do.

[StACase]

The reverse does not seem to exist. I don't recall ever reading an essay where a conservative makes a similar change.

There is a basic truth to the old saying, if when you're twenty and you're not a liberal you have no heart, and if you're not conservative when you're fifty you’ve got no sense.

[Colorado Buckeye]

Great piece Roscoe. What a read!

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

bump for later read

[XHogPilot]

Drat!
Now I've got even more to read.

[I_be_tc]

bump

[coloradan]

We call it National Proletariat Radio in these parts. Smug, self-assured liberals who are so blinded by their dogma they even think they are too "conservatively" biased.