More "compassionate conservatism"

[BobcatJH]

"Compassionate conservatism," as we know, is as phony a notion as the Bush administration has brought us. More often than not, these "pro-life" Republicans would rather people die than surrender their fringe beliefs. These "pro-family" Republicans would rather keep children parentless if it means that hard-working, loving gay Americans won't be able to adopt. These "pro-women" Republicans would rather young women suffer and die than move an inch on abortion.

Well, the latest example of "compassionate conservatism" comes from the National Review's John Derbyshire:

"One doesn't want to be accused of inhuman callousness; but I am willing to confess, and believe I speak for a lot of ("To-Hell-With-Them-Hawks") (and a lot of other Americans, too) that the spectacle of Middle Eastern Muslims slaughtering each other is one that I find I can contemplate with calm composure," - John Derbyshire, National Review.

[Trillo]

1. I was thinking about the phrase compassionate conservatism

in relation to this morning's article about religious death squads in Iraq.

It's 'compassionate conservatism' because we don't have religious death squads going around tying people up and shooting gays in the back of their heads. Bush's faith-based government is a 'kinder, gentler' version of the same phenomenon.