hey, all, got only a second to comment on neo-cons: remember it is a
specific tendency of former socialists, almost uniformly jewish east
coast (NY) intellectuals become right-wing cold war policy hawks.
Hence no christian rapture.
Neo cons (cf David Brooks, their bastard child) wouldn't hesitate to
dump the Repubs if necessary.
martha r
On May 30, 2011, at 3:14 PM, David Mandl wrote:
Hi Patrice--
I think you're giving these people more credit than they deserve.
The Neocons, whatever you think of their politics, are a pretty
sophisticated bunch. The idea of the Rapture is generally associated
with a crackpot (albeit growing) group of Bible Belt fundamentalists
from a whole different universe. True, they've mostly been allied
with the right wing of the Republican party, but it's a marriage of
convenience for the Neocons. The Republicans have thrown crumbs to
the religious right to gain their support politically (a brilliant
and mostly successful strategy), but they surely roll their eyes at
these yokels behind closed doors.
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