A myth.
No, really, the campaign tool that worked for Bush in 2000. (Of course, he didn't, technically, WIN, but y'know, he came close enough.) But pretty quickly he realized that, with Tom DeLay running Congress and the media busy taping its own mouth over, he didn't have to do the whole "compassionate" bit.
No, really, the campaign tool that worked for Bush in 2000. (Of course, he didn't, technically, WIN, but y'know, he came close enough.) But pretty quickly he realized that, with Tom DeLay running Congress and the media busy taping its own mouth over, he didn't have to do the whole "compassionate" bit.
"Gee, I like that compassionate conservatism Bush practiced."
"When was that? When he cut taxes for the rich while emasculating our social programs? When he denied birth control to AIDS-stricken Third World countries? When he killed thousands of innocent people in a meaningless oil-war?"
"Uh... good point."
"When was that? When he cut taxes for the rich while emasculating our social programs? When he denied birth control to AIDS-stricken Third World countries? When he killed thousands of innocent people in a meaningless oil-war?"
"Uh... good point."
by MarkusRTK October 16, 2004
Get the compassionate conservatismmug. A more formal designation for the socio-economic blending of corporate, fiscal and social conservatism that now typifies the so-called "tea Party" movements in the United States.
Sarah Palin and Dick Armey are two of the nation's more prominent personalities that advocate for smaller government, lower taxes, fewer social entitlements, and other tenets of trio-conservatism.
by shoqvalue April 19, 2010
Get the trio-conservatismmug. "Compassionate conservatism" is when a conservative gives you a reach around while fucking you up the ass and stealing all your money to give to his friends in big business.
by Jay Naylor July 11, 2006
Get the compassionate conservatismmug. by TheEye5000 September 14, 2004
Get the compassionate conservatismmug. Conservatives who belive that government should reflect their views and no one elses. They tend to behind the attack on cultural pluralism.
A term that is mostly attached to Conservatives who are on the Far Right.
A term that is mostly attached to Conservatives who are on the Far Right.
"Because of Callous Conservatism money that would gone to releaving the poor and improving education went to tax cuts for the rich" cried the the angry man at Town Meeting.
by ????^_^???? October 3, 2006
Get the Callous Conservatismmug. by strikeforcedaily April 26, 2017
Get the weaponized conservatismmug. Democratic conservatism has been historically linked to racism, making it important to address these issues in public discourse.
by The Ferocious Whomper December 19, 2022
Get the democratic conservatismmug.