Compassionate conservatism means you don't leave poor people to die.

[Raster]

Just wanted to make sure we're on the same page. Or another way to put it is: Who would Jesus abandon and leave to drown?

[Merlot]

1. "Who would Jesus abandon and leave to drown?"

Great bumper sticker!

[gollygee]

2. Compassionate means you don't simply leave anyone to die

you're right. The words "compassionate" and the ability to allow people to die are at conflict.

[Raster]

3. this country, especially many repubs, are in total confusion....

there is no way they can square their belief system with the fact that bushco* abandoned a large portion of the population of New Orleans to perish in the flood because they were poor and black. I don't care how much kool-aid you drink, there's no way to wash down murder.

[atreides1]

9. They're not confused.

Their belief system is whatever they want it to be, when they want to have one.

History has shown that these so called belief systems are little more then talking points. The Crusades, the Indian Wars, the Holocaust, all are examples that a belief system can be twisted to
a leaders perception. And the leaders will take it as far as their followers allow them to go.

It's the same with what has happened in the aftermath of Katrina, the
leaders of the Republican party are now once again taking something to a point just to see if they can still retain support, the support
does not have to be in the majority, just as long as it's there.

Those that still continue to support BushCo and the Republicans are no better then the people who looked the other way when the Crusaders
murdered the Cathars during the Albigensian Crusades, or when Colonel
Chivington led his 1st Colorado Volunteers and murdered the Indians
at Sand Creek, or those good German "Christians" who did nothing when
their Jewish neighbors were taken away never to be seen again.

The supporters of Bush are just like those people, and nothing that is said and done will change their minds.

[kenny blankenship]

4. "Compassionate Conservatism" means that

you say you feel for the people who're in peril, or who're down on their luck, or excluded from the system. You say you have compassion for them.
But you withhold any help, conserving all benefits and resources for yourself and people like you.

Remember: in that formula, compassion is only present as an adjective. Conservatism is the noun. For conservatives, compassion is merely an accessorizing detail, like a theatrical prop. It's packaging.

[Coexist]

5. "What income bracket would Jesus Save" n/t

[Raster]

6. EXCELLENT!!!

[emulatorloo]

7. "Compassionate Conservatism" is an empty Karen Hughes catchphrase

Sounds good, means nothing.

[Skidmore]

8. They need to be reminded of this

from Matthew 25:

43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' 44 Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?' 45 Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' 46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."



How can we get this teaching distilled into a bumpersticker?

[Raster]

10. this is what we need to drill home to America. We watched murder

fueled by racism and elitism on primetime television.

[Solly Mack]

11. Actually, compassionate conservatism means just that

how much more proof does anyone need?