What is the difference between a real conservative and a neo-conservative?

Question

Please list the ideology differences, and examples (name of politicians) of each type. Thank you.

Answer 1

It is increasingly harder to tell the differences, but the main differences are that Neo-Conservatives support the welfare state (whereas real Conservatives are against most welfare), Neo-Conservatives support open borders (whereas real Conservatives do not), and Neo-Conservatives want to create a dictatorship at home while waging wars on numerous countries (Real Conservatives don't support wars, except for defense; Real Conservatives though, may be fooled into believing that Neo-Con wars are "defensive").

Examples of Real Conservatives would include Ron Paul or Pat Buchanan. Examples of Neo-Conservatives would include Dick Cheney and Rudy Giuliani.

Answer 2

Neo conservatives are the liberals of the Republican party - Bush, Rumsfeld, Gonzalez, etc. Real conservatives believe in small govt, personal responsibility, no welfare state. Examples are Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, Teddy, and Ike.

Answer 3

real conservatives believe in fiscal responsibility, spending restraint, and a small non-intrusive government.

neoconservatives believe that deficits don't matter, borrow and spend ideology, and a large socialist, nanny state government.

Conservatives: Bill Buckley, Pat Buchanan, Ron Paul.

Neoconservatives: GW Bush, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Bill Kristol.

Answer 4

There is no difference what so ever. The word neo means new. neo-cons are new conservatives. They used to be mostly democrats.

Answer 5

Cons = frugal and family values oriented
Neocons = globalist big spenders and death oriented

Con= Ron Paul
Neocon = George W. Chimp

Answer 6

This doesn't EXACTLY answer your question, but I hope it helps.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/000tzmlw.asp