The Roots of Bush's 'Compassionate Conservatism'
by John Nichols, The Nation
Finally, we have discovered the roots of George W. Bush's “compassionate conservatism.”
On the
heels of [Bush]'s “What, me worry?” response to the death, destruction
and dislocation that followed upon Hurricane Katrina comes the news of
his mother's Labor Day visit with hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome
in Houston.
Commenting
on the facilities that have been set up for the evacuees – cots crammed
side-by-side in a huge stadium where the lights never go out and the
sound of sobbing children never completely ceases – former First Lady
Barbara Bush concluded that the poor people of New Orleans had lucked
out.
“Everyone
is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the
arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this, this is
working very well for them,” [said Mrs. Bush, chuckling].
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Well, I
suppose it makes sense that if the mother is lacking the compassion
gene, her son probably will be lacking it, too. Quite the good
example of it, I'd say.
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