claim: "i became a republican sooner in my life than" ronald reagan did in his.
author: rick perry
evidence_1: ronald wilson reagan was an american politician who served as the 40th  president of the ... reagan had been a democrat until 1962, when he became a  conservative and ..... when i say my life began with ronnie, well, it's true. ... he  moved to the right-wing in the 1950s, became a republican in 1962, and  emerged as a ...
evidence_2: ronald reagan (1911-2004), a former actor and california governor, served as  the ... he became a hollywood actor in his 20s and later served as the  republican ... dubbed the great communicator, the affable reagan became a  popular ... the chicago cubs' spring training season, ronald reagan did a  screen test for the ...
evidence_3: the reagans already had one previous son, neil. ... he was credited with saving  77 lives during the seven summers he worked there. ... during his sophomore  year, reagan becomes interested in drama. ... he loses the republican party's  nomination to gerald ford, but a strong showing sets the stage for reagan's  election ...
evidence_4: during the spring of 2015, manafort's life had tipped into a deep trough. a few  months earlier, he had intimated to his other daughter, jessica, that ... he'd been  the chief political strategist to the man who became the president of ..... the  reagan administration represented a break with the old republican  establishment.
evidence_5: freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. .... speech at  the republican national convention, platform committee meeting, miami,  florida" .... if nothing in life is worth dying for, when did this begin — just in the  face of this enemy? ..... compare with an earlier reagan speech: "... where free  unions and ...