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
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
"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 June 25, 2006
by TheEye5000 September 14, 2004
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 ????^_^???? September 30, 2006
by strikeforcedaily April 26, 2017
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