Posted on 03/13/2015 1:57:44 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
If W’s “compassion” consisted of beefing up the demands by the Department of Education, loading more entitlements onto Medicare and opening the borders to illegals, good for Scott Walker.
The man has 'evolved' on too many things for my comfort.
Well, that and concealed carry, and voter ID, and the budget fixes, and . . .
The way they were promoting Reagan, by calling him an evil nutjob.
“If “compassionate” (a la Bush) means rolling over and letting the opposition walk all over you, then no - Walker is not compassionate in that sense.”
I think “compassionate” in reference to Bush is he was
really a liberal pretending to be a republican and about
as conservative as one of his best friends, Bill Clinton.
Laura was responsible for turning W into a pansy Democrat. Praying that Tonette isn’t some squishy Democrat wife like Laura.
The “compassionate conservative” position of Dubya was always fraught with difficulty in reconciling good government with mushiness in dealing with otherwise undisciplined potential mischief-makers. The result of this “compassionate” approach to the security of the the southern border of the US, even in the face of repeated authorizations to secure the border and make entry into this country the orderly and just process it should have been, has been the virtual total breakdown of control of our borders and existing immigration and naturalization system.
Also, Dubya abandoned the necessary discipline that should have been applied all through his first term, and failed to use the veto even once until July, 2006. In all, the veto pen was used only twelve times in his entire two terms. A LOT of BS was allowed to pass into law, in the name of “compassion”.
“So far Walker has shown to be a major flip-flopper...”
Completely false.
Good, GWB’s compassion—i.e. big spending on medicare and that horrible “no child left behind” nonsense were the worst parts of him.
Oh, I'm sure some in the leftmedia really do feel that way about Walker, but I'm detecting something else in the coverage. Something stealthy.
It pings my radar because I've sensed that Walker isn't the reliable conservative many think he is. He's recently 'evolved' on too many things for my comfort, and was MIA during the thick of the Tea Party wave. He was also far too buddy-buddy with Romney during the 2012 campaign.
I'd chalk that up as a big plus. W was preferable to the odious Gore, or almost any Democrat, but really a poor leader, imho.
Good. Don’t show the sniveling left once ounce of compassion. Grind you heel into their spines as you walk all over them. “W” left many of his supporters hung out to dry as we constantly tried to defend him against murderous charges, only to have him then pal around with those on the left who stabbed him in the back repeatedly.
Yes, compassion = gimmiedat
We will see. Time will tell.
Especially if his Amnesty/Open Borders conversion is real.
That will be the real test.
You do know that Cruz actively campaigned for Romney and told people to vote for him don’t you? What a sell out flip flopper. .......
The left will tell you who they fear....they fear Walker.
I think it’s a feint. From what I see, they’re promoting him.
Br’er Rabbit...briar patch...
You know what they say about opinions!!!!
Wow...two fibs in one sentence...
Name a single candidate who has not modified their positions at some point...
Name one position Walker did a complete flip flop?
Flip flopping is going from one end of a position to the other as in Kerry "I was against the war before I voted for it"
His single achievement is breaking the union ?
How about winning an election three times in four years...
We don’t need no stinkin’ compassion. Compassion is why this country is falling apart. Idiots mistake an all powerful oppressive government for compassion.
The Cruz endorsement was so effective that Mediocre Mitt got a higher percentage of the vote in Texas than he did.
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