The term "compassionate conservative"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

What happened to it? We never see it used these days...

Why was it used in the first place?

[Vinca]

1. Wasn't that Dubya's mantra as he tried to privatize Social Security?

At least they're honest about it now. They want poor people to die and go away, end of story. (Except, of course, for the occasional enslaved gardener, maid, butler or chauffeur who the rich can't live without.)

[sfwriter]

2. How quaint!

I remember when they at least pretended as well.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. That expression was used by Dubya back in the days...

... when some conservatives still liked the idea of compassion (or they liked the sound of it).

Now that the Nazi's (that's what "conservative" means in present-day America) are out in the open, they don't have to pretend anymore.

[madamesilverspurs]

4. They quit using it

when they realized that it was the most frequently cited example of an oxymoron.


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[Iliyah]

5. The term "compassionate conservative"

is dead.

[AlexSFCA]

6. its incompatible with Ayn Rand philosophy

which is the current guiding principle of GOP.

[Big Blue Marble]

7. It ended up in the same place as the Reagan "Safety Net."

They were the soothing "Frank Luntz" phrases that were designed to ease the heist of the
New Deal protections.

[alarimer]

8. They make no pretense of being compassionate anymore

To be sure, it was always a lie, but now conservatives do not bother to hide their lack of empathy and their racism.

[LongTomH]

9. Ya know, just like "Military Intelligence,' or 'Business Ethics' or 'Jumbo Shrimp.'

Insert the oxymoron of your choice.

[Ohiogal]

10. You must be a George Carlin fan!

[LongTomH]

11. Oh, yeah!!! George and Bill Hicks, too!!!

[MineralMan]

12. It was, and is, an oxymoron.

[procon]

13. Its an oxymoron. Such a concept cannot can't exist in nature. nt

[kentuck]

14. John Kenneth Galbraith

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest excuses in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

[oberliner]

15. Pre-911 George W Bush

That was supposed to be the theme of his presidency.

[Kimchijeon]

16. Because now they don't have to pretend

They hate and act freely with violence, hate and fear. No need to fake compassion (which they view as a weak trait that only "libtards" would have.) They used to pretend a little more, but it's passe nowadays .

They are out trying to out-nazi one another, it is a glorious free for all bonanza of fascism, supported by the corporate regime. Keeps us all fighting while the looting continues.

[tenderfoot]

17. What happened? When were they ever compassionate?

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