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	Compassionate conservatism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A compassionate conservative sees the social problems of the United States, such as healthcare, immigration, the environment, etc., as being issues that conservatives can find solutions to better than what compassionate conservatives consider to be the failed programs of liberals and the War on Poverty.
		Compassionate conservative philosophy argues for the restigmatizing of illegitimacy to encourage two-parent families; welfare reform including workfare; active policing; standards-based schools, and helping poor countries around the world.
		Such opponents argue that conservatives are not compassionate towards the poor, minorities, the unemployed, etc. Conservatives would respond that their policy program is better for these groups in the long run by creating superior opportunities through growth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Compassionate_conservative (761 words)

	Stephen Goldsmith: What Compassionate Conservatism Is--and Is Not (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Compassionate conservatives believe that by giving citizens the opportunity to own and control equities through their Social Security accounts, we can encourage people to invest in the country and to build wealth for the future—to bring into the mainstream people who may not otherwise have that opportunity.
		Compassionate conservatives are keenly aware that individuals thrive when they are rooted in a strong value system that is imparted through the family, church, or some other institution of civil society.
		Compassionate conservatives believe that most people, most of the time, have the capacity to run their own lives and affairs for themselves (i.e., to be self-governing citizens, not passive clients of government or helpless victims of external social forces).
	www.hooverdigest.org /004/goldsmith.html (2616 words)

	Compassionate Conservatism - SourceWatch
		In an April 30, 2000, speech given at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, former Indianapolis mayor Stephen Goldsmith [and Bush's chief domestic policy advisor] described 'compassionate conservatism' as "a coherent, principled philosophy that organizes and explains a superior approach to domestic policy.
		Consequently, compassionate conservatives believe in low taxes, limited government regulation, and the vast power of the free enterprise system.
		compassionate conservatives will build tax and benefit structures that promote and sustain married families and will invest in services that support parents and their relationships.
	www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Compassionate_conservatism (1153 words)

	Conservative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Annual conference for conservative activists sponsored by the American Conservative Union, Young America's Foundation, and Human Events, featuring conservative speakers and workshops.
		Conservative political commentary covering a wide range of political and social issues, but always with a conservative slant.
		Conservative Future - The Official Site The youth wing of the Conservative Party comprises of every party member under the age of 30.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Conservative.html (345 words)

	BuzzFlash Reader Commentary -- What Exactly is a "Compassionate Conservative?"
		George W. Bush came into Washington on his white steed preaching about his "Compassionate Conservatism." However, on a day when he has received permission from Congress to lead the United States into what may turn out to be a bloody and ill-advised war, perhaps we should take a look at exactly what that mantle means.
		Would a compassionate conservative insist that addicts who violate drug laws not receive a chance for treatment, something that his niece is struggling with at the present time?
		"Compassionate Conservatism is not conservative and not compassionate," said Steven Fuller.
	www.buzzflash.com /contributors/2002/10/11_Conservative.html (659 words)

	Ohio Roundtable - Library - President Highlights Compassionate Conservative Agenda for Inner Cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is conservative to trust the local folks to chart the path to excellence in education.
		It is compassionate to understand there is an ownership gap in America, and we must use our resources to close that ownership gap by encouraging minority ownership of homes in America.
		It is compassionate to understand in the land of plenty there are pockets of despair and hopelessness.
	www.ohioroundtable.org /library/articles/schoice/bush_schoice.html (4433 words)

	Conservative - SourceWatch
		When the term is used as an invective, it is often referencing some shade of conservative the speaker is opposed to in an effort to convince the listener that all types are of that type.
		According to the common political spectrum, conservatives are generally considered right wing, but neither of those term is precisely defined.
		Traditional-value conservatives often favor policing the behavior of society, an attitude that contradicts the libertarian wing of the conservative movement, which advocates limited government in people's lives.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Conservative (414 words)

	The State of Compassion - After four years of "compassionate conservatism"—what is it? By Michael Kinsley
		"Compassionate conservatism" is, unfortunately, a political phrase that hoped to counter the politically motivated assaults stereotyping all conservatives as lacking in compassion.
		The average conservative voter has mixed emotions about this phrase because it's a defensive measure that hopes to counter the stereotype promoted by the other political party and wing.
		The phrase seems to mean more to Kinsley than it does to conservatives, thus the ad nauseam analysis and the implications that compassion is lacking in roughly 50% of the voting population.
	www.slate.com /id/2094248 (1732 words)

	George Bush is a Compassionate Conservative? - Independent Media TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I suppose it means that a "compassionate conservative" would first wrap his ball bat with a sponge cover before he beat the hell out of some bleeding heart liberal like author/moviemaker Michael Moore.
		Of course to be "compassionate" is to be (1) charitable, (2) tenderhearted, (3) generous, (4) altruistic, (5) tolerant and/or (6) benevolent.
		I suppose the flip side of a "compassionate conservative" would be a "hardhearted liberal" who unlike his compassionate conservative counterpart would use a "Nerf" bat to pound a little liberalism into someone like Rush Limbaugh.
	independent-media.tv /item.cfm?fmedia_id=9520&...+Reported (817 words)

	"Faith Without Works" by Amy Sullivan
		And Bush's image as a different kind of Republican was only reinforced by the tableau of fl pastors, conservative evangelical leaders, and liberal crusaders for social justice who gathered around him as he introduced his faith-based domestic policy.
		Together, the two ideas embraced classic conservative principles: honoring the unique ability of religious organizations to help those in need, and empowering individuals in the civil sector instead of government.
		It turns out that a "compassionate conservative" is a different kind of Republican after all.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /features/2004/0410.2sullivan.html (2588 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - "What is a Compassionate Conservative?"
		compassionate conservatives believe that prosperity must have a moral purpose, that its economic fruits must be available to as many citizens as possible.
		So, a compassionate conservative is someone who believes in the above, but does not which to be portrayed, in the political arena, as compassionless.
		But the so called compassionate conservative is merely a phrase that draws frowns and smiles from those intelligent enough to know it doesn't exist.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID35/2492.html (1323 words)

	Tom DeLay, Compassionate Conservative Timothy Noah
		He then asserts that "compassionate conservatism" is all about believing in God, but still sounds like he's talking about himself, not Bush.
		In fact, "compassionate conservative" was frequently used in the mid-to-late 1990s to distinguish the nation's relatively moderate Republican governors from the more conservative Republicans in Congress (of whom DeLay was arguably the nastiest).
		I don't know whether De Lay invented compassionate conservatism, but judging from the excerpt from his speech, he used to be Bush's language coach.
	www.slate.com /id/1005253 (718 words)

	Jonah Goldberg's Goldberg File on National Review Online
		Of course, this is all just another way of saying he is a "compassionate conservative." I'd prefer "conservatism with a human face" — but that reference is probably too obscure, and makes the inherent insult of compassionate conservatism too obvious.
		Now they call it "compassionate." Using government to do good "wherever people are hurting" has gone from the occasional pragmatic deviation from conservative ideology to a new conservative ideology all its own.
		When conservatives violated the old dogma, it was usually when the need was fairly obvious and pressing — and even then we got it wrong more often than right.
	nationalreview.com /goldberg/goldberg200401211053.asp (1848 words)

	AlterNet: Faith Without Works
		Conservatives traditionally criticize government programs for throwing good money after bad, rewarding those who have not proven themselves effective with hard numbers like higher test scores, lower poverty rates, or reduced recidivism.
		And it is. But that's small potatoes compared to what the Bush administration has done to the most conservative piece of the faith-based initiative – a plan to encourage charitable donations through private giving that could have revolutionized the world of social service organizations far more than the expansion of federal grant eligibility has done.
		Sitting next to each other on the potential chopping block were reductions in the tax rate, the repeal of the estate tax, and the charitable giving proposal.
	www.alternet.org /story/20060 (2698 words)

	Jennifer Nicholson Graham on Compassion on National Review Online
		It troubles me, however, that the school's response to the rest of the story — the neglect, suspicions of abuse, proof of lawbreaking — was to send the child "home" with a form with which the mother can obtain free Christmas gifts.
		And so it is, that on the eve of the merriest of seasons, I have finally become a compassionless conservative, because of a deadbeat mother who bowls.
		As a mother, I still worry about Tiffany and her brother, but, as a conservative, I know that as long as the neighborhood — the village — cared for them, her mother never would.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/graham200312220001.asp (1332 words)

	Michael Savage
		Though definitely a conservative (he first coined the term “compassionate conservatism”), Savage says he believes the reason why he is so popular – and has had the fastest growing show in talk radio history – is because he doesn't "carry the water for Republicans" or anyone else.
		As the man who first popularized the phrase "compassionate conservative," with sold-out conventions dating back to the mid-1990s under the compassionate conservative banner, I have a message for Mr.
		When I created the phrase "compassionate conservative" and started my Compassionate Conservative Conventions, the emphasis was on conservatism with some compassion.
	www.dynamictruth.com /michaelsavage/bio.html (1108 words)

	Where's the Compassion?
		And I am a compassionate conservative, because I know my philosophy is optimistic and full of hope for every American." So George W. Bush described himself and his beliefs on the eve of his first campaign for President.
		To win the nomination of the Republican Party, he had to be acceptable to every kind of conservative, from the libertarian to the fundamentalist; to win the presidency itself, he also had to embody an alternative to the angry conservatism that Americans had found increasingly repellent during the Clinton years.
		During the election year to come, Bush and Rove will renew the "compassionate conservatism" theme to draw independent, female and minority voters, balancing the appeal of a "wartime presidency" that is already beginning to lose its luster.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20030915/conason (750 words)

	rb2bb So Cal Compassionate Conservative
		The result of that deliberation was not only the startling, world-changing reality of a democratic republic for an expanding nation-state (as opposed to the isolated examples in histories of democracies only thriving among city-states and republics faltering when grown to empires).
		A conservative does not defend the status quo or calls to restoration to the "good old days" for its own sake, that is traditionalism in its worst sense.
		He or she does not call for conservation of a system even solely because it continues or restores relative security and prosperity, that is sheer pragmatism.
	rb2bb.blogspot.com (3390 words)

	INSIGHT on Freedom: Compassionate Conservative
		I’m a conservative, but I don’t think I can be filed under “Compassionate Conservative”.
		If it means that I, as a conservative, must see to the support of an entire segment of American society who believe themselves, somehow, wronged by American society and are entitled to become wards of the government, as a right… then no, I’m not a Compassionate Conservative.
		I voted for the Compassionate Conservative in the Whitehouse...
	csadispatch.blogspot.com /2005/09/compassionate-conservative.html (641 words)

	Errol Morris: Election '04
		It's not a very compassionate administration when it comes to the poor.
		Preemptive war is not something that I would consider compassionate.
		I am a Christian and I really thought that Bush would bring needed morality and integrity and I just see blatant arrogance.
	www.errolmorris.com /html/election04/election04_mo_dwest.html (63 words)

	Bush sounds 'compassionate conservative' theme in Iowa - June 12, 1999
		Later, in his centerpiece speech, Bush argued Republicans can be conservative -- cut taxes, trim welfare rolls, reduce crime, improve schools, demand and promote personal responsibility -- without being mean about it.
		Bush was pledging Saturday he would participate in the traditional test of political strength, though Bush and his aides were lowering expectations by saying the odds were against them winning.
		Bush's blend of conservative politics couched in soothing, moderate rhetoric could help move the GOP to the center -- much as President Clinton refocused his party away from its liberal extremes in 1992.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/06/12/bush.campaign (1041 words)

	CNN.com - Return of the 'compassionate conservative' - Aug 31, 2004
		In the 2000 campaign, President Bush portrayed himself as a "compassionate conservative" -- an open, more inclusive Republican -- in a bid to win over middle-of-the-road voters.
		This year, he'll try once again to appeal to moderate, swing voters.
		They say he's taken a rigidly conservative line on a variety of issues, including taxes, affirmative action, Iraq and the Patriot Act.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/31/watson.tuesadv (552 words)

	Book Review \| Bush Draws Campaign Theme From More Than 'the Heart'
		Bush began building his presidential campaign around the words "compassionate conservative"—reshaping the image of his party to follow suit—a cadre of thinkers on the right had been trying for years to fashion a form of conservatism that rejected the welfare state but did not turn its back on the poor.
		Bush describes "compassionate conservatism" as being rooted in values rather than as an intellectual movement.
		Critics of compassionate conservatism argue that it erodes the wall between church and state and may use charity to force religion on the poor.
	www.manhattan-institute.org /html/_nyt-bush_draws_campaign_.htm (1825 words)

	George W. Bush -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		As a popular governor of Texas, Bush had won national attention as a so-called “new Republican”; who combined traditional Republican party values with a self-described “compassionate conservative” social outlook.
		As a popular governor of Texas, Bush had won national attention as a so-called “new Republican”; who combined traditional Republican party values with a self-described “compassionate conservative” social...
		When George W. Bush was elected the 43rd president of the United States, his wife, Laura Welch Bush, noted that she was already familiar with the White House due to frequent visits there during the presidency of her father-in-law, George Bush.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9344658 (905 words)

	"Illegal Immigration: Boon or Bugaboo?" by Fernando Oaxaca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The White House has just announced that the Bush Administration is homing in on new initiatives to address the thorny issue of illegal immigration.
		This news has flushed out all manner of xenophobes, jingoistic conservatives, amnesty advocates, perennial liberal malcontents promoting ''open borders,'' business lobbyists, Hispanic ''immigrant rights'' defenders, and a coterie of pundits across the land, many unburdened by extensive knowledge of the subject.
		Fernando Oaxaca is a long-term conservative and community activist in Los Angeles.
	www.chronwatch.com /content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=5537 (2185 words)

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