Steve at Verizon wrote:
Tom,
I think you are misusing the term neocon. Most of what you disagree
with the right on are conservative principles, such as minimal
government.
Neocons are a special breed of folks, who used to be liberal, but
switched to being conservative (hence the "neo") primarily for foreign
relations concerns. Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle are primary
examples of neocons. Ain't anything "neo" about Cheney or Bush; always
been conservative. (Actually, many conservatives don't count Bush,
with his out of control spending, huge Medicare drug program, liberal
immigration policy, TARP, etc.)
If you just want to be pejorative, then just refer to those mean and
nasty conservatives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservative
I think you are being pretty accurate about the neocons. Here is a very
good article about the start of the neocon policies with Scoop Jackson
in the 70s:
http://tinyurl.com/d2br87
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