Conservatism has always been compassionate just as Liberalism has always been about change, even when they had no idea about to what they were changing. Conservatists were always, in general, calling for caution while the Liberal was always calling for trying something new, and so with Liberalism, one would throw Conservatism, caution and compassion to the four winds and try the next latest and greatest way to get high or rebel against family, society and nation.

Compassionate Conservatism created no tragedies during the Bush Administration, rather such ascribed tragedies were more likely the result of the notion of a “New Tone In Washington” that seemed to have no expectations of a response in kind from those across the isle.

President Bush performed well in protecting the citizens of the United States from further offenses by foreign enemies after September the eleventh, but he failed miserably in protecting us from domestic enemies of a partisan nature. This was not entirely his fault for those who were compassionlessly attacking him were also those who, during the Clinton Administration, had mouthed and promoted many of the policies and programs for which President Bush was excoriated.

It is quite obvious that the domestic attackers had changed their positions for political expedience and that they were and are more concerned with their return to power than they were with George W Bush being a successful President and by default the United States being successful on the global stage.

The true tragedy is that there are Americans, wittingly or unwittingly, who place the good of their political party ahead of the good of the nation. Many of these witting and unwitting individuals identify themselves with a group with a grievance that is elevated above all of their other principles.

Democrats promise, realistically or not, each group a solution to their particular grievance and collectively this Party of groups, all for the chance that each particular group’s grievance might be mollified, will abandon many of the principles upon which this nation became the leader of the free world.

President Bush’s “New Tone In Washington” was met with constant and continuous opposition of the most virulent kind from those on the Left and their media advocates.

What did Bush win by allowing himself to be vilified for venerating our troops on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln? A President would be remiss for not encouraging our troops from time to time just as we cheer the home team on to victory.

Now we have a Democrat President claiming to be Republican Abraham Lincoln reincarnate and the Right is too compassionate to say, “Lincoln is ours and you are no Abraham Lincoln” as Democrat Lloyd Bensten callously belittled Republican Dan Quayle.

What did Bush win by allowing himself to be vilified for the deaths during Katrina when they died for Mayor Nagin’s and Governor Blanco’s decision not to evacuate New Orleans, according to their evacuation plan, coinciding with the very Friday that President Bush declared a state of emergency and suggested the evacuation? No, Nagin had to consider for two days, until Sunday, the day before landfall, whether or not they could be sued should the hurricane not be severe.

What did Bush win by allowing himself to be vilified for the so called “outing” of Valerie Plame and not having Wilson and Plame charged with their obvious violation of the Hatch Act when they attempted to perniciously influence a Presidential Election?

The answers are that President Bush’s “New Tone In Washington” won him nothing but disdain from the Left and their advocates in the Media.

Now we have a New President in town, and he is also asking for “A New Tone In Washington,” while yet lambasting the Right for the orneriness, obfuscations and obstructions made by his leftist party toward the Bush Administration.

“I Won!”

This is President Barack Hussein Obama responding to Republican concerns about the Democrat Party’s “Economic Stimulus Package” thus demonstrating his notion of “A New Tone In Washington” and what he means when he says that he will reach across the isle with a bipartisan hand.

It seems that was a compassionless backhanded slap to those who dare dissent.

If Conservatists were not exhibiting bipartisanship and compassion during the Bush administration, then why did the government grow so much and spend so much on entitlement programs during that time?

The Left, with the aid of the media, complained simultaneously that the spending was never enough and in the end too much!

Who but the Left could get away with propagating such paradoxical nonsense?

Now, with Democrats firmly in control of the federal government, will they live up to their hype of being fair and bipartisan by not turning too firmly to the Left, or will they live up to their reputation and grow the federal government by leaps and bounds at the expense of We The People and our Constitution?

As long as there is Conservatism there will be Compassion.

Shamefully as long as there is Liberalism there will be some new way to change or abandon our principles.

Let us HOPE that We The People someday soon stand on our principles for a CHANGE.