Draggingtree Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 American Thinker: August 19, 2012 How about Some Bleeding-Heart Conservatism? By Karl Spence The Democrats' plan to demonize the Romney-Ryan ticket is obvious to everyone. "Mitt Romney killed my wife." "Paul Ryan shoves Granny off the cliff." "We big-hearted Democrats could shower endless benefits on everyone if only those hard-hearted Republicans would let us make 'the rich' pay 'their fair share.'" One can only pray that Romney and Ryan will be skillful enough to debunk, and American voters astute enough to see through, the Democrats' poisonous message. But while praying for a good defense, can't we also field a good offense? Bleeding-heart conservatism instead concerns itself with an indisputable responsibility of government: to protect the citizen, with the full force of the law, against wanton criminal violence. And, unlike bleeding-heart liberalism, the conservative's heart should bleed for crime's victims, who really do deserve our pity and succor, not for crime's perpetrators, who really don't. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/08/how_about_some_bleeding-heart_conservatism.html#ixzz240XIznAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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