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To: MNI who wrote (13246)	7/2/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17770

I just had to do something in the last half hour that permitted me to consider a brief response to your question about Gingrich, so here it is: Although he would not normally be considered to quite be a neocon, that is a superficial analysis, now that the terms have become broader in application. In my understanding of the current usage, he is a neoconservative. He thinks that our two greatest 20th century presidents were Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, and that the Republicans were too often on the wrong side of the civil rights struggle of the 50s and 60s. It is true that Newt's admiration for FDR is primarily due to his war leadership, and that Newt would criticize aspects of the New Deal, but he does not deplore the New Deal. The criticism of the Republicans during the civil rights struggle has nothing to do with the Democrats being purer (most racists were Democrats at the time, due to the association of the Republicans with Lincoln), but with the failure to recognize that we had come to an intolerable point with regard to segregation, and that the principle of states' rights had to yield to more substantive considerations of justice. Citizens of the United States should be able to redress grievances that their individual states will not address, or actively perpetrate...

To: MNI who wrote (13246)	7/3/1999 4:43:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

I invite you to also keep a warm temperate tone. Hey, guys! Neocon told me my ''joke'' was senseless... But I see that you guys are HUMORLESS --as far as YOU are the joking target! BTW, your reaction to my French scenario for the bombing of US embassies in East Africa is very American.... So far, Ron Reece's been the only fellow who dared to discuss the issue with me. All the other guys around kept mute --too hot to handle! But I believe that a German fellow would have no hesitation in discussing this topic, so I wonder why an alleged German pal like you reacts in exactly the same fashion as a politically-correct-minded Yankee?! Don't tell me you too belong to the booboisie!! (that's a word I stumbled on 2 days ago while reading my American Heritage Dictionary).... The English language is very rich indeed: so many French, Yiddish, Spanish, and Indian terms! Regards, Gustave. PS: this ''naive'' question of yours re: GOP was another blunder of yours! As a supposedly educated German individual, you should have been able to search for it with ''Yahoo'' although, more likely, you did know what GOP stands for. Since one cannot enjoy an almost perfect fluency in any language without, at the same time, enjoying a corresponding ''cultural fluency'' as well.... Just imagine a PhD in neurology who wouldn't have a clue about what ''blood type'' is all about!!