One with mostly conservative views but who wants to differentiate themselves from the more hard-line conservatives of old.
Robin Williams: Compassionate conservative. I don't know what that is, it sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.
They hand you a tube of KY before the rape you up the ass.
Gearge W. Bush isn't even a compassionate conservative!
A sentence that does not exist in the English language.
President Bush is the least compassionate conservative ever.
A person who is to the left of traditional conservatism, often but not always a politician who is looking to gain votes from undecided voters. However this strategy leads to hatred from both the left and the right. See RINO
The compassionate conservative voted for the war, but then in an attempt to save their seat voted for massive social programs raising the ire of both liberals and true conservatives.
Someone or something that simply doesn't exist.
Rick's hot supermodel girlfriend turned out to be a compassionate conservative.
The phrase that attempts (unsuccessfully?)to force progressive ideas into a regressive box for the sole purpose of selling warm fuzzies to cold hearted bastards
Ghengis Khan's Mommy? Hitler on Christmas morning? Strom Thurmond while knocking boots with the domestic help? "The neo-fascist allowed the screaming young girl to look away as he hacked off her mother's head, justifying his reputation as a compassionate conservative."
A conservative who wants to get more votes from liberals. Read: oxymoron.