[Preechr]

No correction needed. Pretty liberal, ain't it? You could have picked quotes from any number of other people, all saying basically the same thing, but I don't mind agreeing with Dubya on this, even if I disagree with him on so many other things. Let's say that I agree with his speechwriter's sentiments on the matter.

I also agree, in spirit, with his liberal position on immigration and his support of free-market alternatives to "universal healthcare." The positions his administration have adopted, in a few cases, are much more sensible than either of the parties would support. That's the "Neo-con" influence that will live inside government after Bush is gone, just as it lived within the Clinton administration, that of the other Bush, and Reagan's presidency.

"Neo-con" is generally seen as purjorative term, but the movement is nothing more than an ideology set to action based in classical Liberalism. Those that don't like Jews call them Zionist conspirators. "Progressives" don't like them because their views and actions pierce the facade of the modern Democrat Party's claim to a liberal foundation, revealing them as the socialists they really are. "Conservatives" don't like them because they operate mostly from within the Republican Party, regardless of the insult to conservative principles doing so represents. Everybody seems to have a reason for not liking them, it seems.

I like them, so far, because I believe in the things they seem to be causing. I believe they are gaming the political system in order to instigate very positive changes in the status quo. They have infiltrated the permanent government that lives behind the elected, political shell. Whether or not Bush really believes the words you quoted, Neo-cons are the people that provided them for him. I don't judge them by what others say about them, because they seem to threaten everyone with something to gain from the way things are now. Those kind of people tend to lie. I judge them by what I see them doing, and I like it.