Lew, apparently the neocons are digging up their old playbook from the early Bush years: everyone who opposes them is an anti-Semite. Once again, we have the wonderful Trotskyite dialectic — what Orwell called “DoubleThink”: what was bad for Maureen Dowd to say (neocons have commandeered the Romney Campaign) is proclaimed with proud braggadocio when uttered by a neocon (Obama is a “born-again neocon,” boasts Kid Kristol). How can this be? Here is the key: Dr. Paul correctly identified the neocon principle of “noble lying” almost ten years ago — long before the nation had to suffer the disastrous consequences. … Continue reading Chickenhawks Come Home To Roost — in BOTH Parties