I think my identity as a 'conservative' is entirely inherited. People see the name Buckley, and they think 'conservative.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm a registered conservative.
It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.
People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
I'm as conservative as they come.
In actual fact, I have always been a conservative cross, borne sadly by liberal friends.
I think people assumed because of my last name that I was a real right-winger. And if you cared to look at my writing, you would be hard pressed to deduce that I'm an ideological right-winger.
My party has historically nominated someone who's a mainstream conservative.
Everybody who is a Republican wants to call themselves conservative even if they don't necessarily vote that way.
I've always been conservative. I was born that way.
I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.