John McCain and the neocon resurgence
AntiWar.Com
by Philip Giraldi
02/12/08
With the withdrawal of Romney, Washington pundits unanimously agree that John McCain will defeat Huckabee to become the Republican nominee. McCain is the neocons’ anointed choice for president of the United States, and has been so for many years. He was their candidate when he ran against George Bush in the primaries in 2000 and again when he announced his candidacy for 2008. When McCain’s campaign underachieved last summer and it appeared that Rudy Giuliani would be the Republican candidate, many leading neocons, including Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes, joined the New Yorker’s campaign. Now that Giuliani has withdrawn, they will presumably return home again, rejoining Robert Kagan and James Woolsey, both of whom have been with McCain since early 2007. That McCain is no traditional conservative if measured by his views on cultural and fiscal issues matters not at all...
https://www.antiwar.com/orig/giraldi.php?articleid=12345
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Podhoretz
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Kagan
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Woolsey
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Giraldi
by Philip Giraldi
02/12/08
With the withdrawal of Romney, Washington pundits unanimously agree that John McCain will defeat Huckabee to become the Republican nominee. McCain is the neocons’ anointed choice for president of the United States, and has been so for many years. He was their candidate when he ran against George Bush in the primaries in 2000 and again when he announced his candidacy for 2008. When McCain’s campaign underachieved last summer and it appeared that Rudy Giuliani would be the Republican candidate, many leading neocons, including Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes, joined the New Yorker’s campaign. Now that Giuliani has withdrawn, they will presumably return home again, rejoining Robert Kagan and James Woolsey, both of whom have been with McCain since early 2007. That McCain is no traditional conservative if measured by his views on cultural and fiscal issues matters not at all...
https://www.antiwar.com/orig/giraldi.php?articleid=12345
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Podhoretz
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Kagan
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Woolsey
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Philip+Giraldi
rudkla - 13. Feb, 12:39
