Neoconservatives

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God, I Miss George Bush

Doon Baqi | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Neocons, Neoconservatives, Iran, Danish Cartoon Scandal, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Gop, President Obama, Republican, President Bush, Politics News

We can now assume full responsibility for the good that we do as Americans, which is fantastic, but the reason I miss W is that I have lost my scapegoat if we do bad.

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In Iraq: Forget Michael Goldfarb, Remember Inigo Montoya

David Quigg | Posted 02.21.2009 | Media

As Andrew Sullivan noted in the earliest hours of the Obama presidency, It only took Michael Goldfarb twenty-two minutes to start blaming Obama for Iraq.

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Obama Dines Out

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

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By dining at George Will's house with William Kristol, David Brooks, and Charles Krauthammer, he's single-handedly revived these guys' careers.

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Is Obama Selling Out to the Right?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservatives, Charles Krauthammer, George Will, David Brooks, Obama Administration, Neoconservatives, Obama Dinner Conservatives, William Kristol, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama's dinner with conservatives indicates that he is completing the job of detaching the conservative intellectual elite from the GOP itself.

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Neocon Richard Perle Renounces His Role In Iraq War

Think Progress | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Over the past few weeks, many Bush administration officials have begun rewriting history in an effort to burnish President Bush's legacy. Following su...

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The Ponzi Scheme Presidency

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, US Military, Warwire, Afghanistan, Pax Americana, Ponzi Scheme, Pax Republicana, Death, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Vietnam War, Neoconservatives, Korean War, Bernard Madoff, Assyrians, Charles Ponzi, Politics News

At a cost of nearly one trillion taxpayer dollars to date, Bush's mad "global war" simply sucked needed money out of our world at levels that made Bernie Madoff seem like a small fry.

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Neoconservative Sings the Blues on Iran

Michelle M. Smith | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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While it certainly is a new refrain for him, John Bolton's recent speech does not represent a shift in the neoconservative chorus on Iran. It is just the same old song, albeit with some different lyrics.

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Still Preparing to Attack Iran: The Neoconservatives in the Obama Era

Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Coats-Robb Report, Neoconservatives Iran, Tom Daschle, Obama Administration, Neoconservatives, Iran, Republicans, Politics News

A familiar coalition of hawks, hardliners, and neoconservatives expects Barack Obama's proposed talks with Iran to fail -- and they're already proposing an escalating set of measures instead.

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"Better Than Cats!" Neocons, Republicans and War Criminals Rave About Obama's 'Team of Rivals.'

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

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As Barack Obama's opus, "Team of Rivals," continues its rolling debut, the early reviews are in and the "critics" are full of praise for the cast.

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Why the Conservatives Won't Crack-up, But the Left Probably Will

Rupert Russell | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

The conservative Counter-Establishment is the most cast-iron entanglement of alliances and dependencies known in modern American history.

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Hillary Clinton, Neocon Savior?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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The neocons, deprived of a John McCain presidency, have latched onto a new potential female savior. No, it isn't Sarah Palin. It's Hillary Clinton.

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Financial Crisis Offers Real Opportunity for a New American Leadership

David Paul | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Georgia Russia Conflict, Foreign Affairs, Angela Merkel, Neoconservatives, Financial Crisis, Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Alan Greenspan, Ukraine, Politics News

"The prospect of hanging concentrates the mind." Samuel Johnson. After decades of fretting over the low American savings rate, Americans are putting ...

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Conservatives Voting for Obama: In Their Own Words

Eric Hirshberg | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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Almost all my conservative friends and family have told me that, for the first time ever, they are voting for the same candidate I am: Barack Obama. These are their confessions.

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2008 Election Reveals What the G.O.P. Has Become

Byron Williams | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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Can someone remind me when conservatism was granted sole authority to determine who loves this country and who is un-American?

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The Powell Endorsement and the End of the Republican Foreign Policy Establishment

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Years from now when we look back at Powell's endorsement of Obama there may be an even bigger story. It is the story of the end of the Republican foreign policy establishment as we know it.

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Christopher Hitchens' Obama Endorsement

Slate | Christopher Hitchens | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

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I used to nod wisely when people said: "Let's discuss issues rather than personalities." It seemed so obvious that in politics an issue was an issue a...

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SNL's Neocon Inside Job

Ali Gharib | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Neocons, Neoconservatives, Snl, Obama Muslim, Economy, Barack Obama, Neocon, Saturday Night Live, Media News

Conservative bloggers had hoped to use the clip to forward their new narrative on the economic crisis, but found, to their dismay, that the it had been mysteriously scrubbed from the SNL website.

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The Empty Campaign of John McCain

Jared Bernstein | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Why does McCain want to be president? Those who have followed him for years don't recognize his agenda, his tactics, his positions.

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Is John McCain a Neo-Con?

Ali Gharib | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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With the economy in crisis, foreign policy issues have fallen by the wayside for much of the general election. But with two wars in full swing -- and ...

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The Pig Needs Gloss and America Needs a Makeover

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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The Pop Culture Pig McCain / Palin have created may be running around in lipstick, but they would have been wiser to apply some gloss because it appea...

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An Open Letter to All Republicans From a Former Religious Right Activist

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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This election all Republicans who love America must vote for Obama. A vote for business-as-usual and a continuation of the party of corporate American alienation is a vote against America.

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The Palin Doctrine: Why the Neocons Are So Excited

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Palin may not have known what the Bush Doctrine was, but we're getting a pretty good idea of what the Palin Doctrine is. And what is it going to look like? Let's just say, it's going to seem familiar.

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Palin, McCain and War with Russia

Joe Cirincione | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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The combination of McCain's recklessness, Palin's proclivities and neoconservative belligerence could plunge a McCain presidency into an early confrontation with nuclear-armed Russia.

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Palin: The Neocon-In-Training

ThinkProgress.org | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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I've written about how, despite attempts by the McCain campaign to present McCain's foreign policy views as "diverse," McCain adheres tightly to a neo...

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Let My GOOPers Go

Ellis Weiner | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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The Republican Party, in order to save itself, should do what the children of Israel did to save themselves upon their exodus from Egypt. They wandered in the desert for forty years.

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