I know he grew up in Indiana.. but still, being from the South.... I just don't trust anyone north of the mason dixon line to be a REAL conservative. The entire culture up there is completely different. Socialism has saturated every aspect of northern society to the point that an extreme conservative in New York would be considered a liberal here in Texas. I guess that makes all us Ohioans who fought for Dubya during the election evil little DUer's in disguise, huh? And I suppose Reagan really screwed up with this guy:
Antonin Scalia was born on March 11, 1936, in Trenton, New Jersey, as the only child of Eugene and Catherine Scalia. A second generation American, Scalia grew up with a strong Italian heritage explained by his father's foreign birth and his mother's immigrant upbringing. His father worked as a professor of Romance languages and his mother taught school. At age five, Scalia's father accepted a job at Brooklyn College so he and his family moved to Queens, New York. Called "Nino" by friends and family, Scalia first attended public school in Queens. He later enrolled in St. Francis Xavier, a military prep school in Manhattan, where his intellect and work resulted in a first place graduation.
One of those flaming northeast liberals -- and even from New York City!
Maybe you'd have preferred that one of those strong southern "conservatives" like John Edwards get the nomination, eh?
I know it sounds silly, especially if you aren't from the south.
Of course there are real conservatives in the north. I'm just grasping at straws for anything that might make me feel more confident about this guy.
Now don't get me wrong, this guy may turn out to be the best thing for conservatism since Rush Limbaugh... i'm just not willing to chase the rest of the lemmings and say he's my man and i'm willing to fight to the death to get him confirmed, without really knowing whether he is really on our side or not.
How ironic would it be if the democrats filibuster this guy and we go nuclear and ram this guy through only to have him later vote to uphold Roe V Wade.
I'm just being cautious.