As most of us know, "compassionate conservatism" is nothing more than a clever marketing gimmick. It's also an oxymoron; "compassion" and "conservative" go together about as well as oil and water. In this case, we have Eric Cantor telling a woman with a relative dying of stomach tumors to "seek 'existing government programs' or find charity." As one commenter at ThinkProgress - where this story appears - writes, "Cantor has no soul, but he does have good government paid for health insurance." As another person writes:
I’m really flabbergasted that this is the level of public discourse the Republicans have to offer. Wouldn’t this have been a perfectly good opportunity for Mr. Cantor to espouse what the Republicans would do for this woman if they were in charge of writing the bills before Congress? The empty-headedness of it is astounding enough in itself, but to come up with such a non-sensical answer should give everyone pause to ever say the word Republican again or have that R after their name.Well said.
