Conservatives are by far more compassionate.
The difference is that the giving and helping is done privately, by the individual.
Compassionate conservatism, if it means the government confiscating money from one group to give to another, is just another term for socialism.
Now that you mention it ‘John Weaver’, killing immigration reform IS on the list.
It’s really chilling to know that aholes like this have been running things for decades, and getting away with it.
So damn thankful that masks are all falling away, expose each and every one of these frauds!
Jill you ignorant liberal slut.
Don't you just love it when liberal douchebags like Jill here write opinion pieces that are supposed to make conservatives better people and more electable?
As if there is a single conservative out there today who would embrace the tainted "compassionate conservative" appellation.
Jill, there's an empty space in your skull, and nothing is willing to fill it.
This is an unsupported assertion. The words "compassionate conservative" were stolen from Mike Savage without proper accreditation, and without actual implementation. Bush justified mindless spending on liberal failed policies.
Compassionate conservatism lives today through the "Tea Party."
The Tea Party members believe in fiscal responsibility, common sense legislation, the love of God and country, and the sanctity of life.
The compassionate conservatives agreed that Americans have a right to own a home. That worked out well...
How compassionate was it to drive millions of marginally qualified people into homes they could not in reality afford? Leaving them more impoverished than they were before the “nudging” by the compassionate government.
Not an ounce of gravitas in this metrosexual twit.
I get the feeling that the next election will be a big purge of Ruling Class insiders all over the board.
“There’s an empty space in the Republican Party where compassionate conservatism used to be, and an opportunity for a presidential prospect to step into the breach. “
What?! Is there a Stupidity shortage that we were not notified about?
Dubya the Idiot Son wrecked California with his preference for illegal aliens over the citizens of the United States- I guess ‘Jill Lawrence’ thinks we need one more liberal Republican dunce in order to finish off the rest of the country.
Unless I have lost my mind—I believe the first ne to use the term “a gentler more compassionate conservatism” was HW Bush in his nomination acceptance speech. I remember the media commenting that it was a slam at President Reagan.
Our conservatism is our compassion.
“The shutdown is threatening nutrition programs, cancer treatment, salaries, jobs, and much more.”
What an obscenity that none of those existed before ObamaramaCare.
Leave compassion to individuals... let the government secure the greatest amount of freedom and you will see greater compassion...
Nope, there are still a ton of RINOs who love stupid buzz terms.
Who cares?
I’ll vote DEMOCRAT and get it over with before I’ll vote RINO.
They’re just Dem moles anyway.
If ANY Republican HIRES THIS LOSER, DON:T VOTE FOR THEM!!!
Used to be (supposedly) they hated big government and wanted everyone to have freedom to do what they wanted as long as it didn't hurt anyone else. Now, they want a despotic government and to squash the rights of anyone who disagrees with them.
From what I remember of the phonies who called themselves Compassionate Conservatives, I can only hope they have disappeared forever.