If I had a nickel for every time someone MISUSED the word “neocon” as you have, I’d be rich.
“Neocon” — for those who obviously have not studied Greek/Latin root words — simply means NEWLY conservative — in this particular case - conservatives WHO HAD ONCE BEEN LIBERALS. If a person was NEVER a “liberal” a la Buckley, they should NEVER be called a “neocon.” Please remember this and stop spreading ignorance.
An example of a true “neocon” would be Krauthammer.
I'm greedy. I want a nickel for every time the word 'ironic' is misused.
funny, I always thought “neocon” was a buzzword for “Conservative Jew”
look at the antisemitism of the folks who toss the term and who they toss it at
Thank you for the language forensics on the term “neocon”. The trouble is most never stop being liberals in practical and political matters.
Just as Democratic implies support for individual rights and empowerment while in practice Democratic policies severely limit those very things (excepting abortion and sodomy), there is little conservatism in the “con”.
I call Newt Gingrich a neocon because of his proposals and policies, not because he changed political parties. Proposing government-centered solutions to government-created problems ( example is proposing an Economic Competitiveness Administration to review EPA rules instead of reining in the EPA in the first place) is evidence of “neoconism”.
Chris Christie is another neocon. Other than chewing out some union members, he has done little to advance conservative values. Why does NJ still have all its draconian firearm laws if he’s so conservative?
Neocons tend to carry the R after their name and yap about right-sizing government instead of down-sizing government. They talk about the need for “reasonable” gun control while glossing over the existence of 20,000 firearm laws, many of which are unreasonable. They talk about the need for spying on citizens for security reasons, yet allow students from nations classified as hostile to study here....and lose track of 15,000 of them, while leaving our borders undefended. They propose amnesty for illegal aliens instead of using the NSA to find those “in the shadows”. They expand and create more entitlement programs while we are running a deficit (free drugs for geezers, etc). Scratch the surface of any neocon and they are socialists and equalitarians to the core!
Their names are George Bush, George W. Bush, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Boener, Karl Rove, Mike Huckabee, Reince Preibus, Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson, ..........
NeoCon - JOOOOOOSSS!!!
>>An example of a true “neocon” would be Krauthammer.<<
Or Michael Medved.