Why is it that Democrats use the term neocon so freely while referring to Republicans? If you research the subject, you will see where the term originated. The prefix neo- refers to two ways in which neoconservatism was new. First, many of the movement's founders, originally liberals, Democrats or from socialist backgrounds, were new to conservatism.
I got this from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocon) and other recources.
One quote from Wiki: Irving Kristol remarked that a neoconservative is a "liberal mugged by reality," one who became more conservative after seeing the results of liberal policies.
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