[Jhoffa_]

I dislike both Kristol AND Buchanan.

I am not really a "fan" of either of them, but they are both very intelligent and are worth listening to.

In this case I think I side with Buchannan. Nixon was not the "evil right winger" some people paint him to be. In fact, I bet he would be called a RINO if FR was around at the time.

I think he's unfairly maligned allot of times.

[Jhoffa_]

PS: Can someone please define "Neo-conservative" for me? I hear this term tossed around so much, in so many contradictory ways that it's all but meaningless to me.

Kind of like "Monopoly" If it wasn't in the dictonary, you would never know what the word truly means, it's misused so often.

[cgbg]

they are both very intelligent

I knew Bill Kristol very well in my college days. (I leave to your research to figure out which branch of the Kremlin we both attended ;-) )

Bill is very very smart. He is also very charming.

His big weakness is that he craves respect from the "powers that be" and he is willing to cave under their pressure.

Bill would always argue that he wnated to be around to fight another day. I always told him I thought that day would never come. :-(