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dietrich wrote:To paraphrase the late William Casey,

If you're not a democrat when you're young, something's wrong with your heart.
If you're not a republican when you're older, something's wrong with your head.

Who was more or less paraphrasing Churchill, who was more or less trying to explain away crossing the floor to follow the prevailing winds of politics. I prefer Arlen Specter's answer, he basically said 'I became a Democrat because I would have lost the Republican primary in the next election'.