  urlLink NPR : 'The Child Bush Left Behind' : "In 2000, when George W. Bush accepted the GOP presidential nomination, he told the story of juvenile delinquent Johnny Demon to highlight the need for 'compassionate conservatism. ' Now 21, Demon has no job, no permanent home and no idea he was used in Bush's speech. " (this harkens to the NYT story about the soldier who returned from Iraq as a homeless veteran and single mother without assistance) 
