The neofacs... ...cons are intellectually inferior to Leo Strauss.
The comparison to "Scoop" Jackson is more appropriate.
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----- Original Message ----- From: Steven L. Robinson To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] neocon schism!
Your timing and history are a off. Neoconservatism emerged well before the late 1970s and well before some of them broke with the Democrats - some, such as Daniel Patrick Moynihan never did.. For instance, Perle and others, identified with Democrat Senator Scoop Jackson in the 1970s. Steve
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> Is Norman Birnbaum a professional idiot? Neo-conservatives are those
> who broke with the Democratic Party in the late 1970s because it was
> insufficiently aggressive in attacking the Soviet Union and defending
> Israel. Larry's no more a neoconservative than Norman Birnbaum is a
> ballerina...
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> Brad DeLong