[lbo-talk] neocon schism!

[Brad DeLong]

>Well, since Professor* DeLong offers a declarative statement, I'll 
>chuck in a few too:
>
>Neoconservatism is a movement, and a variegated one at that.  It is 
>not merely an historically specific constellation of actors who have 
>leapt from the Democratic firmament, but an ideology with its own 
>specific weight.
>
>Expecting modern neoconservatives to have precisely the history 
>adumbrated by DeLong would be like expecting modern fascists to be 
>small German shopkeepers and ex-army outcasts.
>
>Whether Summers is a neoconservative or not, I cannot say.

Well I can. If "neoconservative" has any meaning, it don't apply here.