I wrote recently about Jonathan Krohn, the former conservative child star, who grew up. He has written quite a funny piece for Salon explaining what happened and the reactions to news of his drift away from conservatism. He echoes what I said, “So this is what this story boils down to: A 17-year-old has different opinions than he did at 13. People may be disappointed by how underwhelming that is, but it’s how the world works.”
Here he is on CNN.
3 comments
Sunny
July 10, 2012 at 12:27 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Left of the Republican Party is not the Left. Obama is not the Left; there is no Left in the United States.
In any case, I am glad Jonathan grew up. The same cannot be said for the most of the Republican Party.
Scott
July 11, 2012 at 8:19 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
There is a Left in the US, it just doesn’t reside in the two major parties.
Brownian
July 10, 2012 at 12:44 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
He might not, in his own words, really have known what he was talking about at thirteen, but damn if he wasn’t a talented orator.