Posted on 08/29/2011 6:46:20 AM PDT by DRey
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, like most of the other the GOP presidential hopefuls, says his campaign is about undoing the decisions of President Obama. But Perry also presents a stark alternative to the last Republican to occupy the White House, his fellow Texan George W. Bush.
In his writings and speeches before he entered the race, Perry shared the view, widely held among conservatives, that Bush’s government spending habits in office were a betrayal of the GOP’s core fiscal principles. But Perry went further, dismissing “compassionate conservatism,” the central tenet of Bush’s domestic policy, as just more overreach by the federal government.
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“Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.” Alfred Adler
In the intra-Republican party fight for Texas governor, 41 {G.H.W. Bush} has chosen U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison over Gov. Rick Perry. He joins his close friend, longtime consigliere, and former White House chief-of-staff James Baker, who endorsed Hutchison earlier this week, and a long list of his son George W. Bush's closest associates in lining up behind the challenger to the incumbent. Hutchison has the public backing of former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, and former Counselor to the President and communications director Karen Hughes, and she's being advised by former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove.
Amen, bro. Conservatism is by its very definition compassionate.
As much as I love Sarah Palin, I would say the same thing about her Common Sense Conservatism slogan.
Conservatism by its very nature is rooted in common sense.
Thank God he has. “Compassionate Conservatism” was not conservatism, period. It was Christian Socialism. It lead to the mess we have today and there is nothing compassionate about running up a huge debt because “when people hurt, government has to move” or whatever other nonsense Bush was spewing.
Bush was a conservative?
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute here, Washington Post. You're rocking my world.
I thought we Conservatives were all a bunch of brainwashed Bushbots who applauded anything and everything Bush said and did.
“Conservatism by its very nature is rooted in common sense.”
Not when conservatism is distorted into a mere slogan for “We in the ruling class can run your life better than you can.”
The chips are starting to fall into place to repeat 1980, but it’s Perry, not Palin, playing Reagan. Obama is playing Jimmah, of course. The only question is, will Trump (or perhaps Hillary or Kucinich) jump in and play John Anderson?
I like most of what Perry says and what he has done...but I cannot condone or let pass his stance on the immigraion issues...nor will I forget his pandering to La Raza in his speech to that organization in San Antonio in 2010 while campagning for governor.
IMHO, he should never have set foot there. He should have called them what they are...that organization is a racist organization dedicated to the dismembering of the United States and not worthy of recognition in any form IMHO.
Having said that, if it comes down to Obama or Perry, Perry will get my vote. But through the primaries, I must support somone who not only gets the economy and other critical issues right, but also get it right on immigration.
No kidding. I couldn’t quite believe my eyes seeing this in the WaPo.
Which is exactly what qualifiers like "Compassionate Conservatism" and "Common Sense Conservatism" connote.
...for now.
So what does it mean when the Washington Post starts trying to portray a candidate as a conservative, during a time when the political demand is for conservatism?
It doesn’t mean the Washington Post has suddenly become honest. It means the Washington Post has picked the guy they want for the Republican nominee, and that guy is Rick Perry.
They'll revert to form after the primary is over. Then we will all be Perrybots or Palinbots or Bachmannbots.
For the WaPo, right now it's all about raking muck within the Republican Party.
Liberals claim their programs are compassionate, too. Is there really anything fundamentally different between giving $30 billion to Africans for AIDS and handing out welfare checks to the poor? I could argue welfare checks at least go to fellow Americans. Compassionate conservatism is essentially big government liberalism. It’s all about spending other people’s money on what should be one’s own private causes.
If Governor Perry is truly against compassionate conservatism, then that is a major plus in his favor.
Jeff, you are way too reasonable for FR these days.
Not if it comes from outside the ruling class, as it does with Palin.
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