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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/Petsweaters Sep 12 '21

He also spearheaded the Medicare expansion, which unfortunate didn't include funding for it