McCain is a Neoconservative.
“McCain is a Neoconservative.”
Clearly. The defining point of neoconservatism is internationalism. Interventionsim. Can’t get much more interventionist than the McCainiac. Driven by the desire to spread liberty around the globe...while destroying it here. Holding to the belief that if only given the opportunity, Muslims in the middle east, and people everywhere will embrace a free democratic society...which is naive to say the least. And if it takes perpetual war to accomplish this, so be it.
To this, other things are added. Neoconservatives have no problem with warantless searches and seizures, for example, if it’s for “America’s Security”...why, you don’t have anything to hide, do you? The neocon congressman has no desire to ever repeal anything. No desire to really restore previous liberty. “Go with the flow conservatives”. When the Democrats introduce some socialist program, is there massive resistance based on principle? Do they say it’s unconstitutional? Rarely. No, they say it costs too much, and their version of the same thing cost less...that’s being “conservative”.
They’re often quite irreligious, and have no love for “the religious right” (again, look at McCain), nor are they really concerned with conservative social issues...though they love to pay lip service to the religious right in order to gain their votes. In fact, they seem to have a fairly solid grip upon the religious right. Most social conservatives have been conditioned so that they now often hold to neoconservative internationalism. They feel that we MUST exert our influence around the globe, such has been the influence of neocon politicians, commentators, and writers. In fact, the doctrine of internationalism is now so strong among social conservatives, that they see anyone who says or thinks otherwise a traitor, lefty, lib, etc.
As to domestic issues, the neoconservative seems to only be concerned with money. Making money, keeping money, tax cuts. That’s all well and good, but listening to the neoconservative commentators on television (or some posters on Freerepublic...) would lead one to believe that money is the be-all and end-all of their existence. There is more to life, and more to Liberty than money.
It seems I’m one of the few who remain who would prefer poverty with Liberty to gilded chains and sordid affluence.
These positions that neoconservatives hold I disagree with most strongly. I believe that these political philosophies have been more destructive to America than outright leftism. It’s more insidious.
And by the way, I’m not an anti-semite. In fact, I might even be considered a “Zionist”!
Really, though, all this is just an intellectual exercise. Doesn’t matter much anymore. True conservatives gave up many decades ago. More importantly, Christians gave up their responsibilities long ago, allowing our descent to happen...even helping to hasten it along. I believe this country is well beyond the point of no return, and it’s pretty much every man for himself now.
Sorry, I get carried away. No more long diatribes from me.
Contrary to what the simian populists think, "neocons" are not, as a rule, "free traitors." This is more a libertarian thing, with the neocons having been hostile to ANY opening of political and economic relations with China.