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To: Neocon who wrote (99403)	5/29/2003 10:26:32 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You working for mcgovern and me for mccarthy and kennedy makes us more neo-lib than neo-con. Always thought the term was a misnomer anyway, because we(neocons) tend to offer more radical solutions and conservatives tend to be slower moving. The democrats are this gens conservatives or should i say reactionaries(in some cases anyway) much like the Burke Hickenlooper Reoublicans were reactionary vis a vis the New Deal and internationalism in FP in the 50s. LBJ as senate majority leader is more like Bill Frist. Daschle is like Ev Dirksen with his no to any innovation stance. mike

To: Neocon who wrote (99403)	5/29/2003 3:11:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I can summarize my own "liberalism" thus - I did not vote in 1972, my first Presidential election, because I thought McGovern would be a disaster but Nixon was a crook. Eventually I became a Libertarian, but became increasingly uncomfortable with their inability to come up with meaningful solutions, e.g., the argument that all roads and highways and bridges should be privately owned and users pay tolls is insane. When Reagan was elected, I did not vote for him - I worked for the Libertarians - but came to love him as a person, and believe that he was as close as we would come to Libertarianism in my lifetime, which is a sad commentary on the US government, in my opinion. And haven't liked another President until Dubya. Who is far from Libertarian.