I’m a Republican. I’m also a compassionate conservative. That’s why I’m troubled by remarks this week by Maine Gov. Paul LePage suggesting that the unemployed are jobless by choice. “To all you able-bodied people out there,” he said, during a speech at his state party convention, “Get off the couch, and get yourself a job.” Well, I understand that the cost of providing unemployment benefits to Maine’s 51,000 jobless is taxing the state’s treasury. But, I simply don’t believe that most of those out of work in the Pine Tree State– including the able-bodied of whom LePage spoke – prefer...