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Neocons for Obama
Washington Independent ^ | March 31, 2009 | David Weigel

Posted on 04/01/2009 11:41:01 AM PDT by Captain Kirk

We knew it on Friday, when Bill Kristol praised President Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, but the degree to which neoconservatives are happy with the plan is striking. “He’s definitely saying no to pulling back,” said Fred Kagan, at the neoconservative Foreign Policy Initiative conference today in Washington. “It was a gutsy and correct decision.” Kagan worried/predicted that Obama’s base would bristle at the plan, so “he will be counting on some significant amount of support from his political opponents.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: neocons; obama
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1 posted on 04/01/2009 11:41:01 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: Captain Kirk

I don’t know anyone that take Bill Kristol seriously, except for Bill Kristol.


2 posted on 04/01/2009 11:42:00 AM PDT by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: Captain Kirk

““he will be counting on some significant amount of support from his political opponents.”

Which he won’t get!


3 posted on 04/01/2009 11:42:50 AM PDT by wk4bush2004 (SARAH PALIN, 2012!!!!!!!)
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To: Captain Kirk

They spelled “Nincompoops” wrong.


4 posted on 04/01/2009 11:43:03 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Captain Kirk

Oh no. Neocons again.


5 posted on 04/01/2009 11:43:57 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Captain Kirk

BTW, is this the same libertarian buffoon that thinks Obama has proved his US NBC status. By golly, it IS that Obama kneepadder.


6 posted on 04/01/2009 11:44:56 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Captain Kirk

“Give him nothing. Takie from him everything!!!!!!!”


7 posted on 04/01/2009 11:47:59 AM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Captain Kirk
Just grapped this pic of Kristol and Frum alongside Obama's car:


8 posted on 04/01/2009 11:49:30 AM PDT by Jim Noble (They are willing to kill for socialism...but not to die for it.)
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To: Captain Kirk

One of the dirty little secrets about the so-called “neo-cons” is that they aren’t very conservative at all. William Kristol probably supports about 80% of Barack Obama’s political agenda.


9 posted on 04/01/2009 11:50:04 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Yeah, people really need to study up on the history of neo-conservatives. There is a reason for the “neo” prefix.

This is not surprising as Obama tries to establish a center position on defense.


10 posted on 04/01/2009 11:53:05 AM PDT by mpreston
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To: Jim Noble

hmmm...neocons, let’s see - pro abortion, pro mass immigration, no sh*t they’re pro-Obama

McCain was they’re first choice from the field of Republicans!


11 posted on 04/01/2009 11:53:27 AM PDT by ccruse456
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To: Captain Kirk

He’s seriously showing his naivete. Boots on the ground without guns in the hand isn’t much of a surge. Obama’s cutting the defense budget so these new boots on the ground will be mostly doing charity work and getting shot in the process.


12 posted on 04/01/2009 11:57:27 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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To: pissant

The term neocon was from the title of the article by that great antisemite (sarc), David Weigel.


13 posted on 04/01/2009 12:06:12 PM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: Badeye

Actually, it wasn’t Kristol this time. It was his fellow neocon David Weigel. Lest we called “antisemites” for noting this, let everyone note that the term was used by Weigel.


14 posted on 04/01/2009 12:07:27 PM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: Captain Kirk

I didn’t say anything about jews or semitism, anti or otherwise.


15 posted on 04/01/2009 12:10:11 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Badeye

I did like a couple of his movies.... ;)


16 posted on 04/01/2009 12:17:24 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Captain Kirk

So neocons are libs who like to send troops?


17 posted on 04/01/2009 12:37:42 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Captain Kirk

PaleoCons for Obama

Gov. Mark Sanford called Idiots those who want Obama to fail.
Rush has called Sandy on this.


18 posted on 04/01/2009 12:46:50 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: Captain Kirk

I just did a tour of the site your article is from.

Loaded with anti Israel, anti Jewish propaganda.

Your site also full of links to leftwing sites,
DailyKOS, etc.


19 posted on 04/01/2009 1:02:16 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: SoCalPol
Your constant derision of Gov Sanford is tiring...
20 posted on 04/01/2009 2:33:17 PM PDT by JSDude1 (Obama yo 'mama', Uncle Sam yo 'baby daddy'!; (The new cry of the Obama generation)!)
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