Compassionate conservatism is a crock. The worst part, I suspect it is not just some Rove campaign slogan. I think Bush really means it. As Nietzsche says, the kindest butcher uses the sharpest knife. Bush's failures to veto spending and campaign finance reform manifest the "good intentions" that pave the road to hell.
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From the Dictionary of Theories: "Nations achieve dominance in international systems, which they then must maintain by "rewards" to less powerful nations. Such a system is paradoxically unstable."
