{"id":44737,"date":"2009-11-18T16:11:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T21:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/?p=19182"},"modified":"2009-11-18T16:11:31","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T21:11:31","slug":"george-carlin-was-once-as-republican-as-apple-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/44737","title":{"rendered":"George Carlin Was Once as Republican as Apple Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The CC Insider<\/a>…<\/em><\/p>\n

\"T695909_19\"George Carlin<\/a> is known for his strong political views, taking a particularly strong stance against Reagan in his 1988 HBO special George Carlin: What Am I Doing in New Jersey<\/em>. So it might come as a surprise to some that the long-haired comedian was once a conservative Republican.<\/p>\n

In the new Carlin autobiography Last Words<\/em>, it's revealed that Carlin's views changed from his early years. Punchline interviewed Carlin's daughter Kelly Carlin<\/a>, and she had this to say on the matter:<\/p>\n

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I had known that [Carlin’s former comedy partner] Jack Burns converted him, quote, unquote, but I didn't know that he just… I guess, I didn't think he really cared. If you take on your parents' politics, it's because you haven't thought about it yet in some ways. Clearly, Jack's conversion of him — he didn't have to wrestle him to the ground or anything. He had a few pot-and-beer-induced deep conversations with my dad, and my dad's a smart person and clearly a light went off in his head. But, yeah, the shocking reality of this McCarthy Republican, it's like, "What?!" I love that. I think that makes him all the more human to the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, there you have it. Carlin was once a young Republican. It's not that surprising. After all, doesn't everyone's outlook change drastically from what they believed in high school and college? At least, smart people's opinions change.<\/p>\n

Follow us as we use sophisticated computer technology to depict what George Carlin probably would look like as a Republican<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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