I was a conservative kid, but I had fun. I was in a fraternity and stuff. I wasn't a player - that's for sure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.
The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative.
Maybe I am conservative, but I like to have a little fun, too.
I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.
I grew up in a very conservative home.
I came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown.
In high school, I was a total jock/extracurricular nerd/just plain nerd.
I guess I was one of the popular kids. I played soccer, I was class president - I even dated the homecoming queen.
I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum.