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Sowell has simply shown that he's a "compassionate conservative," like his beloved president. And "compassionate conservatism," in case anyone hasn't figured it out yet, means "compassion for conservatives" (especially rich ones)(unless they get caught doing something gay). Thus, conservatives generally believe that even first time drug users should go to prison, but when a drug user named Bush or Limbaugh gets arrested...they start talking like lefty social workers, saying things like "the important this is that he's getting help." With this kind of logic, how could they possibly be expected to follow a judge's orders in the case of that poor Libby?