Bullshit Phrase Of The Wk.: "Constitutional Conservative"

Very far from "compassionate con," but equally alliterative, & that's all that's important.

Compare & contrast. (Do consider the sources before clicking.)

Also from TNR (Our emphasis.):

The hard-core Christian Right/Tea Party folk who are Bachmann’s base in Iowa and elsewhere, of course, don’t need any introduction to her. She’s been on the television and radio shows they patronize, and many have undoubtedly contributed to her vastly expensive congressional campaigns. They’re fine with the more outlandish things she’s said over the years, but also understand it may be necessary to bring Americans along slowly to the recognition of the high-stakes holy war that Bachmann is waging on their behalf as a self-described “constitutional conservative” (a heavily loaded term connoting a belief that liberalism—fiscal, economic, or cultural—is literally un-American and needs to be permanently vanquished) in the field.

Constitutional cretins may be more accurate. We keep reminding ourself it's merely the proverbial 27% of the population that suffers paranoid delusions.