Are We Sure John McCain Is A Neocon?
It goes without saying that the Obama camp must do its best to press the insinuation that four years of McCain is akin to "four more years of Bush."
I get that.
But what I cannot seem to grasp is the left's notion of what a "Neocon" really is. Being a Libertarian who happens to despise both McCain and Obama (at least as a potential Chief Executive), I find it ironic that many of the Democrats that I know (or read on this site and others) seem obsessed with the term "Neocon" and the faces which represent the word, i.e. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitcz, etc; but they seem to not know exactly WHAT Neocons are actually after. Money, for sure, but given their track record, it must be more than just personal profit.
Indeed, if you read most of the posts here, you would think they're nothing but a group of rogue criminals who simply take glee in smashing the sacred American institutions of government and law/order. While part of this may be true, surely they have an ultimate goal in mind at the end of the day, right?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't it become obvious that the true strategy of the Neocons has been to change things? More specifically to:
1. Use foreign policy and war as a diversion in an effort to clandestinely reform the domestic agenda.
2. By reform, I mean to siphon the ruling authority (power) out of Washington/Congress and into the Corporations of the private sector (where most of these "Neocons" will slink back to in January when Bush's term ends).
3. Hence, in the future, the government will be wholly dependent on the services rendered by the private sector to enact any and all of its laws and regulations. Oil companies and energy companies will thus have the ruling authority and will be in a position to set the Congressional agenda.
Isn't that what the Neocons are all about? Am I missing something?
If so, John McCain must be the most ill-fitting Neocon in the history of Neocons. Being a military man all of his life, he hasn't had much time for private enterprise. Indeed, he's been heavily scrutinized lately for being clueless as to the extent of his wife's enormous estate. Tell me, what Neocon wouldn't know every facet of his/her assets?
I'm certainly not saying John McCain would be any more attractive a candidate if he were just, say, a regular "old" Conservative instead of a Neocon. I'm just saying, what if?
I get that.
But what I cannot seem to grasp is the left's notion of what a "Neocon" really is. Being a Libertarian who happens to despise both McCain and Obama (at least as a potential Chief Executive), I find it ironic that many of the Democrats that I know (or read on this site and others) seem obsessed with the term "Neocon" and the faces which represent the word, i.e. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitcz, etc; but they seem to not know exactly WHAT Neocons are actually after. Money, for sure, but given their track record, it must be more than just personal profit.
Indeed, if you read most of the posts here, you would think they're nothing but a group of rogue criminals who simply take glee in smashing the sacred American institutions of government and law/order. While part of this may be true, surely they have an ultimate goal in mind at the end of the day, right?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't it become obvious that the true strategy of the Neocons has been to change things? More specifically to:
1. Use foreign policy and war as a diversion in an effort to clandestinely reform the domestic agenda.
2. By reform, I mean to siphon the ruling authority (power) out of Washington/Congress and into the Corporations of the private sector (where most of these "Neocons" will slink back to in January when Bush's term ends).
3. Hence, in the future, the government will be wholly dependent on the services rendered by the private sector to enact any and all of its laws and regulations. Oil companies and energy companies will thus have the ruling authority and will be in a position to set the Congressional agenda.
Isn't that what the Neocons are all about? Am I missing something?
If so, John McCain must be the most ill-fitting Neocon in the history of Neocons. Being a military man all of his life, he hasn't had much time for private enterprise. Indeed, he's been heavily scrutinized lately for being clueless as to the extent of his wife's enormous estate. Tell me, what Neocon wouldn't know every facet of his/her assets?
I'm certainly not saying John McCain would be any more attractive a candidate if he were just, say, a regular "old" Conservative instead of a Neocon. I'm just saying, what if?
