Editing Compassionate conservatism (section)

==Origins of the term==
Historian and presidential advisor [[Doug Wead]] may have been the first person to use the phrase ''compassionate conservative''. In 1977, Wead wrote a book about [[Kolkata]], [[India]], entitled ''The Compassionate Touch''.<ref>''The Compassionate Touch'', Doug Wead, [[Bethany House]], 1977.</ref> In 1979, he gave a popular speech entitled "The Compassionate Conservative" at the annual Washington Charity Dinner. Tapes of the speech were sold across the country at corporate seminars.<ref>Jacob Weisberg, The Bush Tragedy, Random House, 2008. Page 93.</ref>

Wead contended that the policies of Republican [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatives]] should be motivated by compassion, not protecting the status quo. He declared himself to be "a bleeding heart conservative," meaning that he cared for people and sincerely believed that a free marketplace was better for the poor.

In 1981, in a perhaps-unrelated usage, [[Vernon Jordan]] of the [[National Urban League]] said of the [[Reagan administration]],<ref>''[[The New York Times]]'', July 23, 1981, p. 17.</ref>

{{quote|I do not challenge the conservatism of this Administration. I do challenge its failure to exhibit a compassionate conservatism that adapts itself to the realities of a society ridden by class and race distinction.|Vernon Jordan}}

In 1982, Wead co-authored with [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[United States Secretary of Interior|Secretary of the Interior]], [[James G. Watt]], the book ''The Courage of a Conservative'' and developed his ideas further in chapter five of the book, which was entitled "The Compassionate Conservative."<ref>''The Courage of a Conservative'', [[Simon & Schuster]], 1985.</ref>

In 1984, [[U.S. Representative]] [[James R. Jones]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Oklahoma|OK]]) told ''[[The New York Times]]'':<ref>''[[The New York Times]]'', November 8, 1984.</ref>

{{quote|I think we should adopt the slogan of ''compassionate conservatism''...We can be fiscally conservative without losing our commitment to the needy and we must redirect our policy in that direction.|Rep. James R. Jones}}

Earlier the same year Republican [[Ray Shamie]] proclaimed that "I believe in a visionary and compassionate conservatism"<ref>''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'', September 20, 1984, p. 19.</ref>

In June 1986, Wead wrote an article for the ''Christian Herald'', describing then-vice-president [[George H. W. Bush]], to whom he served as an aide, as a "compassionate conservative."<ref>"George Bush: Where Does He Stand?", Doug Wead, ''Christian Herald'', June 1986.</ref>

According to journalist [[Jacob Weisberg]], [[George W. Bush]], George H. W. Bush's son, first picked up the term "compassionate conservative" from Wead, in 1987.<ref>[[Jacob Weisberg]], The Bush Tragedy, [[Random House]], 2008. Page 92.</ref>

In 1992, when Doug Wead ran for U.S. Representative from [[Arizona]], he wrote a campaign book entitled ''Time for a Change''. The first chapter was called "The Compassionate Conservative" and outlined Wead's philosophy that the masses did not care if [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] policies worked if the attitude and purpose behind the policies were uncaring.<ref>Doug Wead, ''Time for a Change'', 1992.</ref>

Some insist the doctrine was invented by [[Marvin Olasky]], who went on to memorialize it in his books ''Renewing American Compassion'' (1996) and ''Compassionate Conservatism: What it is, What it Does, and How it Can Transform America'' (2000), and [[Myron Magnet]] of the [[Manhattan Institute]]. Olasky has been called the "godfather of compassionate conservatism".<ref>Olasky, Martin, ''Renewing American Compassion'', "God promises blessings for obedience, but never an all-expense paid vacation.  Adam's work was not endlessly frustrating... That all changed with man's independent and rebellious grasping for the knowledge of good and evil.  Man must now do tiring work to live." p. 169; "Lazy hands make a man poor." (quoting Proverbs); "If a man does not work, he shall not eat." (quoting Paul, Second Thessalonians).</ref>

The phrase was popularized when [[George W. Bush]] adopted it as one of his key slogans during [[George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000|his 2000 presidential campaign]] against [[Al Gore]]. Bush also wrote the foreword to Olasky's ''Compassionate Conservatism''. Olasky said others had come up with the term first.