just oozing compassion

President Bush and Veep Cheney are surprising everyone this weekend by showing what being a compassionate conservatives is all about. Given the choice of attending an NRA rally in Pittsburg, or a Log Cabin Republican (gay GOPs) convention in Palm Springs, guess where Cheney is heading.

I'm sure he was sitting in his office thinking, "why protect the rights of minorities when I can protect everyone's right to wield an assault weapon?" Besides, who wouldn't want to travel to Pittsburg if given a reason?

Is there any chance the NRA would not support President Bush? Their most recent newsletter has a picture of Senator Kerry with three fellow senate gun-control advocates Kennedy, Schumer and Feinstein. In fact, the NRA's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, said, "You talk about the four horsemen of apocalypse." I'm just surprised the NRA would hire someone with a "French" sounding name...

If President Bush and his minions were truly compassionate, they would reach out to those groups who's voices have been ignored by their administration. That's the difference between those conservatives who claim to be compassionate, and liberals who truly are.

I'll be back this weekend with issue-driven posts. I know most of you have enjoyed the sarcasm this week, and I have enjoyed getting it out of my system, but it is time to bring the issues back to the conservatives.