[Jack Black]

Bogus argument. There is no solid definition of a neocon. Sometimes its the joooooos (Kristol, Pearl) who promoted war against the arabs, sometimes it’s Bush his blueblood old republican lineage. Sometimes its Cheney and Rummy, who have been center-right republicans since time began, sometimes its the young whipper-snappers like Rich Lowery and Laura Ingraham who grew up as Reagan brats. It’s whatever fits the author’s attempt to demonize who they don’t like.I disagree. Neo-Conservatism is a movement. It has a history, it has founders, it has a specific ideology. You are the one who is attempting to confuse the issue. The author clearly identified the founders, and several of us have mentioned the same individuals as the leading figures in it today. As I mentioned the Weekly Standard is the NeoCon journal.

As I explained in my previous posting NeoCon is no longer a little side movement of Conservatism, it's the main stream. The old-school Conservatives are the odd remnant, and not taken seriously.

No one except you brought up "the Jews". It is a silly attempt to attach a bogus charge of anti-semitism to those of us who are critical of aspects of neo-conservatism. Many prominant critics of Neo-Conservatism are also Jews.

Stop stirring the pot to create confusion and address the article, please.

[pissant]

Except NONE of the people accused of being neocons ‘follow’ it’s founders’ path. Each mentioned in the article and each mentioned in previous neocon rants is a hodgepodge of conservative (and some liberal) strains.

As if the birchers never bring up the jews and their connection to “neoconservatism”.

On the one hand I’m amused by the frail links this author uses to paint todays republicans as followers of the Irving Kristol, yet has no problem having both feet firmly planted under the tutelage of Robert Welch. ROFL

[VRWCmember]

No one except you brought up "the Jews". It is a silly attempt to attach a bogus charge of anti-semitism to those of us who are critical of aspects of neo-conservatism. Many prominant critics of Neo-Conservatism are also Jews.

See post #4 for the pre-emptive bringing up of "the Jews" on the anti-neo-con side.