CPAC's boy wonder swings left

[Tx4obama]

Jonathan Krohn took the political world by storm at 2009’s Conservative Political Action Conference when, at just 13 years old, he delivered an impromptu rallying cry for conservatism that became a viral hit and had some pegging him as a future star of the Republican Party.

Now 17, Krohn — who went on to write a book, “Defining Conservatism,” that was blurbed by the likes of Newt Gingrich and Bill Bennett — still watches that speech from time to time, but it mostly makes him cringe because, well, he’s not a conservative anymore.

“I think it was naive,” Krohn now says of the speech. “It’s a 13-year-old kid saying stuff that he had heard for a long time.… I live in Georgia. We’re inundated with conservative talk in Georgia.… The speech was something that a 13-year-old does. You haven’t formed all your opinions. You’re really defeating yourself if you think you have all of your ideas in your head when you were 12 or 13. It’s impossible. You haven’t done enough.”

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78068.html

[Rectangle]

1. Maybe he met a hot Liberal girl!! At 17 that

WILL change your perspective!

[muntrv]

2. He decided that teabagging is no fun.

[Tx4obama]

3. And IF he were old enough to vote, he says he'd 'probably vote for Obama'

Gay marriage? In favor. Obamacare? “It’s a good idea.” Who would he vote for (if he could) in November? “Probably Barack Obama.” His favorite TV shows? “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.” His favorite magazine? The New Yorker. And, perhaps telling of all, Krohn is enrolling this fall at a college not exactly known for its conservatism: New York University.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/former-conservative-child-star-jonathan-crohn-is-all-grown-up-and-liberal/

[lordcommander]

4. Maybe there is hope in our youth for the future of this country.

k&r

[bluedigger]

5. Lawrence O'Donnell just had him on The Last Word.

He did well - he'll be okay.