I actually thought that was funny! (And clearly, Mr. Kerwick obviously knows the definition of a "Neo-Con"! Ya gotta be a former Democrat and Jew Plain Ol'!) <Grin>!
Thanks for sharing MJ! On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:29 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > *What's a Neocon? * > *We no longer have a conservative movement in the United States. Instead, > we have a neoconservative movement. *by Jack > Kerwick<http://www.americandailyherald.com/feed/item/jack-kerwick> > Saturday, 23 March 2013 > > The bulk of what passes for “the right” these days consists of, not > *conservatives, > *and certainly not *libertarians, *but *neoconservatives. *In varying > degrees, virtually every mainstream politician, journalist, and commentator > deemed to be on the right is a neoconservative. In fact, the same can be > said for many Republican voters. > > So, how do you know if *you* are a neocon? > > You just might be a neocon if: > > You take offense at the very mention of the word “neoconservatism,” > perhaps even going so far as to treat it as an anti-Jewish epithet. > > The term “Judeo-Christian” figures much more prominently in your > vocabulary than that of “Christian.” > > You think that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest president of all time. > > You routinely lavish praise upon yesteryear’s Democratic Party, especially > upon such Democrats as John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, and, to a somewhat > less extent, FDR. > > You speak incessantly of a *war *on “terror” or a war against > “Islamists,” “radical Muslims,” “Islamic extremists,” “Islamofascists,” or > “Islamonazis.” > > You spare no occasion to invoke images of “the good war,” World War II, in > connection with this war on “terror” over which you obsess. > > You accuse anyone who proposes to cut the military’s budget by a single > penny of being “naïve,” an “appeaser,” or otherwise weak on national > security. > > You accuse anyone who refuses to affirm that there really is a war on > terror of being “naïve,” an “appeaser,” or otherwise weak on national > security. > > You obsess over the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, and accuse anyone > who doesn’t as being “naïve,” an “appeaser,” or otherwise weak on national > security. > > You brand as “anti-Semitic” anyone who talks about cutting *all *foreign > aid, for Israel receives American foreign aid, and this would mean that > Israel would no longer be a beneficiary of it. > > You advocate on behalf of “comprehensive immigration reform”i.e. > amnestyfor the millions upon millions of illegal immigrants living within > our borders. > > If you don’t argue for amnesty, you fail to resist those who do. > > You treat Ronald Wilson Reagan as a conservative hero who ignited a > “revolution” (while failing to mention that the Gipper *raised *taxes > more often than he *cut *them, and eliminated not a single government > *program, > *much less an *agency*). > > You talk as if there was no conservative movement in America before > William F. Buckley. Put another way, you never mention such pivotal > post-WWII conservative giants as Russell Kirk, if not for whose influence > there would never have even arisen a conservative movement, as even Buckley > acknowledged. > > You castigate as “single issue voters” those Republicans who refuse to > vote for candidates whose records on, say, abortion, have been shaky. Yet > at the same time, you prefer to vote for a Barack Obama, a John Kerry, or a > Hillary Clinton over your own party’s candidate as long as the latter urges > for a more humble foreign policy. That is, “single issue” voting is bad as > long as it is any issue other than the single issue of foreign policy upon > which *you *always cast your vote. > > You talk tirelessly of individual responsibility even as you affirm *political > determinism *when it comes to black Americans and Middle Eastern Muslims. > All of the ills that plague black Americans you chalk up to the poisonous > policies of the Democratic Party while all of the problems of which the > Muslim world is ridden you attribute to its* lack *of “democracy.” > > Even though Hispanics voted for Barack Obama by over 70 percent in > November, and blacks voted for him by over 90 percent, you insist that the > only reason for this is that Republicans have failed to “reach out” to > these groups. If only their members knew what the Republican Party could do > for them (more political determinism), you imply, they would flock to the > GOP, for blacks, and particularly Hispanics, are “natural conservatives.” > > You make claims regarding the “natural conservatism” of Hispanics and > Hispanic immigrants that you would *never *think to make about > Muslimseven though, by many measures, Muslims are far more “conservative” > than Hispanics and white Americans alike. > > You believe that *National Review *remains the premiere conservative > publication, with *The Weekly Standard *not far behind. > > You believe that Fox News is a conservative network and that talk radio is > dominated by conservative hosts. > > If one or more of the foregoing descriptions apply to you, then you just > might be a neoconservative. > > http://www.americandailyherald.com/pundits/jack-kerwick/item/what-s-a-neocon > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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