I also remember the NEOcons supporting McVain--so this "Bush hater" invective is supect.
Maybe we need some Cons-ervatives who are neither neo or paleo. I'm pretty sick of both trying to claim my attn and votes. C'mon Ann, invent a new name. Let's lose the neocon girly-boys and the paleo neandertals--you're the wordsmithette.
It seems that the term neocon violates the law of conservation of mass, in that it manages to cover huge swaths of people and tiny enclaves of intellectuals at the same time.