2006-11-04 09:58:07 · 11 answers · asked by ChaliQ 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Neo=new
Con=conservative
2006-11-04 10:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by Your Best Fiend 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's short for "neo-conservative", meaning new conservative.
Originally, the conservative party held certain ideals, including (as relevant here), small federal government. In the 1980s, many ex-Democrats become conservative and switched over to the Republican party. They brought with them many of the old habits, including a love of big federal government and heavy govt regulation.
These new conservatives (neo-cons) were thus at odds with the older conservatives, who favored small govt. But the neo-cons took advantage of the Republican sense of organization, and the conservative sense of tradition, and managed to gain control over most of the Republican party through effective recruiting and management.
Yet, they kept their idea of big government, which is why the Republican party (as run by the neo-conservatives) had induced more government spending in the past decade than any other conservative federal administration in the past century.
So, the term generally refers to those conservatives who favor the big government model, as opposed the older fiscal conservatives who want less govt spending and less federal regulation.
2006-11-04 18:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People with values of the left who believe their interests now align with the objectives of the right.
The world has changed. It is now more interconnected, affluent, fluid and democratic. People don't see themselves as belonging to a particular 'class' anymore. The ideals of trade unionism don't cut it in a society of professionals and small business owners (people are now much more used to risk).
2006-11-04 20:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by Mardy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Neocon is a racist term for a Jewish Republican like Michael Medved
2006-11-04 18:19:46 · answer #4 · answered by Creston M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An intellectual and political movement in favor of political, economic, and social conservatism that arose in opposition to the perceived liberalism of the 1960s
2006-11-04 18:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia have good article on it. I think it's like sort of newer modern conservatists I think. They think military is under utilized 'tool' in politics or geopolitcs and other crazy ideas. Or Collin Powell calls them f-ing crazies: Paul Wolfwitz, Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney...etc
2006-11-04 18:04:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neo-conservative
Wikipedia has a good definition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism_(United_States)
2006-11-04 18:03:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it doesn't mean 'New Conservative' I've been misinformed.
If so - it would include switchers from another political party and independents to the conservative side.
2006-11-04 18:05:40 · answer #8 · answered by Beejee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is short for "neoconservative," which is a political idealogy.
2006-11-04 18:03:09 · answer #9 · answered by jerry 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the first person got it right.
Bush and his cohorts are neoconservatives because they disregard traditional conservative values such as limited govt, small govt, and balancing the budget.
2006-11-04 18:05:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋