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<P>Well, since Professor* DeLong offers a declarative statement, I'll chuck in a few too:</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>Whether Summers is a neoconservative or not, I cannot say. But inferring it from his position on Israel is not an unreasonable step given that its unapologetic defense is precisely the most crucial cynosure of neoconservatism at the moment.</P>
<P>*Another name for a professional idiot.</P>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: Brad DeLong <delong@econ.Berkeley.EDU>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org
<DIV></DIV>>To: lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] neocon schism!
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:34:13 -0800
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<DIV></DIV>>>The Ruling Class And Its Intellectual Servants
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<DIV></DIV>>>by Norman Birnbaum....
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<DIV></DIV>>>[T]the most conspicuous of the neo-conservatives is President
<DIV></DIV>>>Lawrence Summers of Harvard....
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<DIV></DIV>>Is Norman Birnbaum a professional idiot? Neo-conservatives are those
<DIV></DIV>>who broke with the Democratic Party in the late 1970s because it was
<DIV></DIV>>insufficiently aggressive in attacking the Soviet Union and
<DIV></DIV>>defending Israel. Larry's no more a neoconservative than Norman
<DIV></DIV>>Birnbaum is a ballerina...
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<DIV></DIV>>Brad DeLong
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