JumpinJesus

I didn't know Powell was a neocon, thus his muted disagreement with the administration.

Also, I don't think that Ashcroft was a neocon.

A neocon - believe it or not - is more secular than your average conservative and will often take more liberal social positions. The defining trait of neocons is their desire for American military superiority.

In fact, I would go so far as to claim that it's the neocons that are reconstituting the cabinet so it is nothing but neocons.

I find it somewhat ironic that the Religious Right, to whom many attribute the success of Bush's re-election, are going to have a new administration that is heavily neoconservative and not chomping at the bit to enact the Religious Right's version of a moral America.


Edit: Upon re-reading the initial post, I'm not sure if he meant that the neocons were being purged or that the neocons were doing the purging. Bah, I'm a tad confused, my reply may have been in vain.

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