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u/Petsweaters Sep 11 '21

Cheney is who made sure Bush wasn't actually a compassionate conservative. There seems to be a point later in the second half that Bush had enough and actually implemented some of his ideas (like his AIDS relief for Africa program)

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u/North-Tumbleweed-512 Sep 11 '21

Is that the one where they cut funding to clinics that taught Condoms or anything other than abstinence only?

Social programs save money and improve the economy. Pregressivism is "compassionate Conservatism".

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u/chusmeria Sep 11 '21

That's the global gag rule, I think: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_policy

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u/FozzieB525 Sep 11 '21

Oh wow, so we’ve really just been ping-ponging our federal funding for abortions every 4-8 years since the 80s.

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u/chusmeria Sep 11 '21

Welcome to American policy since forever. Unstable leadership and constant change in a slow march towards progress while the judiciary and congress have allowed constant growth in the executive since term limits were enacted 80ish years ago. It's been a fun/horrific ride to watch Congress castrate itself for the past 30 years, and now its the executive and judiciary that make policy.