"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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It was even simpler than that. I just applied a chain of simple logic
based on the definitions previously provided. If "neo" is new, then if
someone is a "neo"conservative, that implies that they were
previously something else. The most common "other" ideology would be a
liberal. Therefore, a "new" conservative would most likely be an "old"
liberal.

Binary thinking at its finest. Only two possibilities to consider.

The great supporter of the gray areas in between. Either you are pregnant or
you are not pregnant, you can't be a little pregnant it is physically
impossible.

The great supporter of the gray areas in between. Either you are pregnant or
you are not pregnant, you can't be a little pregnant it is physically
impossible.

There is more to life than pregnancy.

Here's a link supporting my assertion that
neoconservatism is a belief system, not
a resume' of previous political leanings.

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraq-20030724.htm


Here's a link to a point on the PNAC website where they run an article
describing their group as the "primary advocacy group for neoconservatism".
Once again, belief rather than previous political affiliation

http://www.newamericancentury.org/defense-20040325.htm


And finally, here is the political biography of William Kristol, a
self-described neo conservative (wrote a book extolling the "neoconservative
imagination") and one of the founders of the PNAC. No liberal priors, sorry:


William Kristol
William Kristol is editor of The Weekly Standard, as well as chairman and
co-founder of the Project for the New American Century. Before starting the
Weekly Standard in 1995, Mr. Kristol led the Project for the Republican Future,
where he helped shape the strategy that produced the 1994 Republican
congressional victory. Prior to that, Mr. Kristol served as chief of staff to
Vice President Dan Quayle during the first Bush Administration. From 1985 to
1988, he served as chief of staff and counselor to Secretary of Education
William Bennett. Prior to coming to Washington, Mr. Kristol served on the
faculty of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (1983-1985) and
the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania
(1979-1983).

Mr. Kristol has published numerous articles and essays on topics including
constitutional law, political philosophy, and public policy, and has co-edited
several books, including The Neoconservative Imagination (with Christopher
DeMuth, 1995), Educating the Prince: Essays in Honor of Harvey Mansfield (with
Mark Blitz, 2000), Present Dangers (with Robert Kagan, 2000), Bush v. Go The
Court Cases and the Commentary (with E. J. Dionne, Jr., 2001), and The Future
is Now: American Confronts the New Genetics (with Eric Cohen, 2002). He is the
co-author, with Lawrence Kaplan, of the best-selling book The War Over Iraq.
Widely recognized as one of the nation's leading political analysts and
commentators, Mr. Kristol regularly appears on Fox News Channel. He serves on
the boards of the Manhattan Institute, the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public
Affairs, and the Shalem Foundation.

Mr. Kristol received both his A.B. (1973) and Ph.D. (1979) from Harvard
University. Married with three children, he currently resides in bucolic
McLean, Virginia.

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Mr. Kristol would proably be very amused to learn that the dictionary won't let
him be a neoconservative because he was never a liberal.