Lexington-Herald (KY) "Neocons are not true conservatives..."

[kentuck]

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/editorial/11469057.htm

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Of course, neo-cons are not true conservatives. They never have been, and they never will be. They are radical activists pushing an extreme agenda that promotes an unholy mixture of theocracy and plutocracy, perhaps more accurately defined as loot-ocracy.

Ironically, Frist and company claim filibusters are unconstitutional in regard to judicial nominations but are hunky-dory when it comes to legislative issues.

A filibuster is a filibuster. Either it's good, or it's bad. Frist's hypocritical argument to the contrary just provides further proof that he and his fellow neo-cons aren't real conservatives because real conservatives don't advocate situational ethics.

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[Steel City Slim]

1. I Have A Friend....

....who is a hard core conservative who feels exactly that same way. Bush's economic policies make her sputter and stutter.

[w4rma]

2. Most DUers are more conservative than the Neo-cons. It's true.

I swear that this is the honest truth.

[Igel]

3. In many respects, the author's right.

In other respects, it's up there with a Safire column fuming that "impact" isn't a verb.

But his obscuring what 'neocon' originally meant doesn't help. If 'conservative' should have something like the meaning it had a decade or two back, 'neocon' should also be restored to its roots: conservatives that were mostly conservative in outlook, but brought activist principles from their left-wing days in the '60s into the conservative camp.

[gristy]

4. I stumbled on this very good editorial from news.google

and also sent the author an atta-boy. His address is at the end.