Compassionate Conservatism, Defined By Chris Suellentrop Posted Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, at 2:25 p.m. PT
George W. Bush ran for president for more than a year as a "compassionate conservative," and Chatterbox never figured out what Bush meant. But now, thanks to Linda Chavez, we've witnessed the first real-life test of what compassionate conservatism means to the president-elect.
Compassionate conservatism: It's compassionate to take in illegal immigrants. It's conservative not to pay them.