Can we stop using the word "neocon" now?

[SHRED]

I think that word give Republicans an out.

There is nothing "new" about the neocon agenda.
Let's just simply identify them for who they are now...and they are "Republicans".

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. I think "corporatist" would work

The neo-cons are doing all they can to please their corporate masters. "Fascist" would be accurate. Or change the "con" in neo-con from conservative to just con: the agenda of the neo-cons is, after all, about thinking up new ways to steal, cheat, lie, grift and then get away without capture.

[H2O Man]

2. No.

Bad idea. Not all neocons are republicans, and most republicans aren't neocons.

[Totally Committed]

3. I agree, not all neo-cons are Republicans...

neither are all "Corporatists". "Neo-Con" is no longer a "Party" thing, it's a "mindset" thing.

TC

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Trouble is the Neo-cons have members with a D behind their name as well.

Just because you don't understand the word, and confuse it to mean Republican doesn't mean that other people are confused as to the meaning of the word.

Lincoln Chaffe was a Republican but he wasn't a Neo-Con.

Lieberman was and is a Neo-Con, as are some other Dems.

You have my permission to use any word to mean anything you want, but please don't try to limit my vocabulary just because you don't understand the definition of the word.

[zabet]

5. Don't forget...

many of the Repubs are actually Plutocrats.