The Neoconservative Reference List

[Brian4Liberty]

Notes on Jane Harman:

Earlier this year, Harman spoke at the inaugural conference of the neoconservative Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), Bill Kristol’s reincarnation of the Project for a New American Century.

Welcome to the ascendancy of something like the congressional Blue Dogs, Dems who embrace most big government and liberal domestic policies but who support war budgets and an aggressive, interventionist overseas role. Traditionally made up of Southerners and Westerners from conservative districts, the Dogs’ way of looking at things now seems to be attractive to Democrats who like abortion on demand but also want a kick-ass foreign policy. Jane Harman, from liberal southern California, considers herself a Blue Dog...

 

[cajuncocoa]

While those hosts have definitely pushed neoconservative and establishment foreign policy in the past, they have been allies in other areas. They are more in that category of agreeing with neoconservatives on foreign policy without being true neoconservatives. In an effort to be concise and to build alliances (big tent) rather than create division, I will leave them off the list. They have "come our way" to a much greater extent than anyone is willing to admit.

If you want to limit the list to those who are actually in a position to wield power, then I think that's a fine decision to leave those off. But I would caution you with regard to how you're putting this: we are not the ones who created the division between us and those people. I understand that you have to build bridges (as oppose to burn them) in politics, BUT....you have to be careful with whom you are forming these alliances. Some of those people have a way of stabbing us in the back; they've done it before.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Requesting addition of:
Cofer Black
Max Boot
Eliot Cohen
Michael Hayden
John Lehman

I may be done name dropping for now, but those pieces of scum have to be on there.

I hope this list can get stickied because it's invaluable for us to be able to smell a neocon from a mile away by who someone surrounds themselves with. These die-hard neocons are straight out vicious to anyone who doesn't share their philosophy.

PS: David Frum, John Podhoretz, and Jamie Kirchick if we're going to include "journalists".

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Notes on Peter King:

How debased has GOP hawkery become? Consider that the Great Neoconservative Hopes these days are John Bolton, Liz Cheney, and now Peter King, while Angry Birds Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and John McCain (R-Arizona) talk about boycotting another Russian Olympics and building a new Berlin Wall.

Peter King supported and voted for TARP.

Voted YES on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy. Voted YES on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler.

Rep. Peter King Defends Proposed Gun Control Law

Peter King, Leading Republican, To Introduce Strict Gun-Control Legislation

Once John McCain and Peter King stop being the face of the GOP, the Establishment that manipulates the leadership of both parties is in big trouble.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, renowned neocon Representative Peter King of New York...

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Notes on Peter Brookes:

Member of the neoconservative organization Committee on the Present Danger.

Peter Brookes making the case for action against Syria at FrontPageMag.com.

Peter Brookes on list of leading neoconservative pundits.

Articles by Peter Brookes at PoliticalMaven.com.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Mitt Romney is reportedly considering running for President if Jeb Bush doesn't.

Romney, Christie, and Bush are all full-fledged neocons who may run for Pres in 2016. Fuck them all.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Notes on Republican Main Street Partnership:

What do people think about "The Main Street Partnership"? They seem to fit the criteria for a neoconservative organization, especially when it comes to the big government/socialist agenda, yet don't seem to have many of the true, hardcore, think-tank neoconservatives in their ranks (but they do have neoconservative Senators John McCain and Mark Kirk).

Official current membership: RMSP Members

Board of directors

Amo Houghton - Chairman and founder, former Representative from New York
Steve LaTourette - President and CEO, former Representative from Ohio
Sarah Chamberlain - COO and CFO
Dave Hobson - Board Member, former Representative from Ohio
Tim Regan - Board Member

Senators

Susan Collins, Maine
Mark Kirk, Illinois
John McCain, Arizona

Representatives

Susan Brooks (IN-5)
Ken Calvert (CA-42)
Dave Camp (MI-4)
Shelley Moore Capito (WV-2)
Chris Collins, (NY-27)
Rodney Davis (IL-13)
Jeff Denham (CA-10)
Charlie Dent (PA-15)
Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25)
Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8)
Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)
Jim Gerlach (PA-6)
Chris Gibson (NY-19)
Michael Grimm (NY-11)
Richard Hanna (NY-22)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3)
Lynn Jenkins (KS-2)
Bill Johnson (OH-6)
David Joyce (OH-14)
Adam Kinzinger (IL-16)
Leonard Lance (NJ-7)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2)
David McKinley (WV-1)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5)
Pat Meehan (PA-7)
Tim Murphy (PA-18)
Erik Paulsen (MN-3)
Tom Petri (WI-6)
Tom Reed (NY-23)
Dave Reichert (WA-8)
Jim Renacci (OH-16)
Scott Rigell (VA-2)
Jon Runyan (NJ-3)
Aaron Schock (IL-18)
Mike Simpson (ID-2)
Steve Stivers (OH-15)
Lee Terry (NE-2)
Pat Tiberi (OH-12)
Mike Turner (OH-10)
Fred Upton (MI-6)
David Valadao (CA-21)
Greg Walden (OR-2)
Ed Whitfield (KY-1)
Frank Wolf (VA-10)
Todd Young (IN-9)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership

Steve LaTourette, a former congressman and friend of John Boehner, runs the “Republican Main Street Partnership”. Note the word “Republican.”

As the left-wing Talking Points Memo reported a month ago, LaTourette and his Main Street Partnership have created an affiliated SuperPAC called “Defending Main Street PAC.” Along with the Chamber of Commerce and Republican Leaders, the Main Street Partnership wants to take out troublesome conservatives.
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In other words, the “Republican” Main Street Partnership’s affiliated PAC intends to use George Soros connections and Democrat back groups’ money to defeat conservatives.

More troubling, the Republican Main Street Partnership has a lot of ties to Republican leaders. Again, folks, it is us versus them.
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http://www.redstate.com/2014/01/14/the-republican-main-street-partnership-is-democrat-funded/

Beware the Left-Wing-Funded "Main Street" Republicans

What do George Soros, labor unions and money-grubbing former GOP Rep. Steven LaTourette all have in common? They're control freaks. They're power hounds. They're united against tea party conservatives. And they all have operated under the umbrella of D.C. groups masquerading as "Main Street" Republicans.
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http://townhall.com/columnists/mich...ed-main-street-republicans-n1775795/page/full

Conservatives have known that a RINO-affiliated and RINO-supporting organizations orgaganized by progressive Republicans, mis-named the “Republican Main Street Partnership” is an extremely progressive group, that desires Republicans take positions to the left and become a clone of the Democrat Party. Some in Congress who affiliate with this group vote for progressive policies more often than some members of the Democrat caucus.

While the mainstream media and some on the left call the Republican Main Street Partnership “centrist,” it is very much to the left and it was created to support Republicans In Name Only (RINOs) in public office.

The Hill reported recently that the Republican Main Street Partnership has accepted donations from unions on the far left, that normally bankroll far left candidates who are most often running on the Democrat ticket. The Hill reported, “Public records show the donors include the SEIU C.O.P.E. Fund, the transportation trades department of the AFL-CIO, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and the United Transportation Union PAC.”
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http://www.examiner.com/article/rin...ership-takes-donations-from-unexpected-source

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Requesting addition of:
Cofer Black
Max Boot
Eliot Cohen
Michael Hayden
John Lehman

I may be done name dropping for now, but those pieces of scum have to be on there.

I hope this list can get stickied because it's invaluable for us to be able to smell a neocon from a mile away by who someone surrounds themselves with. These die-hard neocons are straight out vicious to anyone who doesn't share their philosophy.

PS: David Frum, John Podhoretz, and Jamie Kirchick if we're going to include "journalists".

Probably all good additions. Could you provide some links for "nominees"? If we have more than one link, then one post titled "Notes on xxx:" seems to be the best option at this point. Then we can add links to that single post, and reference it from the OP.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Notes on Michael Singh:

There was a guy named Michael Singh on Fox News today talking about the Ukraine. Obvious neoconservative pundit is obvious. Added him to the list.

Apparently he is the managing director of a neoconservative associated organization called "The Washington Institute". Added that organization to the list too.

Here's an article by Singh and hardcore neoconservative Elliott Abrams:

http://worldaffairsjournal.org/article/spoilers-end-peace-process

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Notes on Rep. Devin Nunes:

Added to list, per this thread:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?451499-Establishment-s-next-target-Justin-Amash

Enter AEI.

"They're filling a void that was left...when Heritage became a political organization," said Representative Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who has worked with both think tanks. "When Heritage kind of went off on that path, there was just no one else."

...if Boehner ends up bringing a bill that’s backed by tea partiers, Nunes’s group will punish them and refuse to support...

The House Republicans That Sold Us Out on the Debt Ceiling Bill

 

[Brian4Liberty]

List has been alphabetized.

 

[eduardo89]

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Ros-Lehtinen a supported President George W. Bush's surge policy in Iraq, a supports of Israel and supports continued sanctions against Cuba.

She has said of the decision to invade Iraq: "Whether or not there is a direct link to the World Trade Center does not mean that Iraq is not meritorious of shedding blood. The common link is that they hate America."

She also was Rubio's mentor.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Probably all good additions. Could you provide some links for "nominees"? If we have more than one link, then one post titled "Notes on xxx:" seems to be the best option at this point. Then we can add links to that single post, and reference it from the OP.

That Right Web site has damning info on all of them.

I suggested him before, but wondering why you still haven't added Mike Rogers? If there is one Congressman who embodies the term "neocon", it is he.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

That Right Web site has damning info on all of them.

I suggested him before, but wondering why you still haven't added Mike Rogers? If there is one Congressman who embodies the term "neocon", it is he.

Probably never revisited him after I found no entry for him on Right Web. I can add him, it would be good to have some links...

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Notes on Mike Rogers:

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[PRB]

What about ACT! for America, Americanism Educational Leaders?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

What about ACT! for America, Americanism Educational Leaders?

Never heard of them. They don't seem to be textbook, think-tank neoconservative, but "ACT! for America" seems to be pushing aspects of the agenda. Their founder (Brigitte Gabriel) can certainly make the list. She already has an entry at Rightweb. Seems like a Hagee type, very useful to neoconservatives. If we include Hagee, we should include her. Maybe we need a category for useful idiots?

 

[eduardo89]

Brian, can you add Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to the OP, please?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Brian, can you add Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to the OP, please?

Added. Thought I had added her, but must have closed that tab before saving it. Too many tabs open at once...

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Rogers used his position as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to be the most outspoken fearmongerer in Congress. Now he is retiring to be a radio propagandist.
Rep. Rogers: Amash effort to curb NSA powers 'dangerous'

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) called a recent attempt to halt NSA gathering of phone data "dangerous."

The House narrowly rejected an amendment Wednesday from Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), that would have stripped funding for the program, which has come under heavy scrutiny.

Rogers on Sunday defended the program, calling it a "real success," and said halting it could expose the U.S. to future terror attacks.

"What you're doing is taking away the one tool that we know will allow us the nexus between a foreign terrorist overseas talking to someone in the United States," he said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "It has saved real lives, real folks have come home with their legs…because of this program."

Rogers is on the offensive against liberty candidate McMillin
Mike Rogers says Mike Bishop 'won't embarrass this district' during campaign kickoff
This is one of the best summaries

Rogers introduced the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which promoted sharing of data between the government and private Internet companies for the stated aim of preventing cyberattacks. It was criticized for lacking civil liberties safeguards and died after President Barack Obama threatened to veto it. He referred to critics of CISPA as "14-year-olds in their basements clicking around on the Internet."
He has argued that publishers could or should be charged with espionage for printing classified information if they were paid for their work.
He called for American intervention in Syria, saying, "This is the time to act. Don’t wait until we have 5,000 dead. That’s too late."
He has co-sponsored multiple bills to outlaw Internet gambling.
He was the primary sponsor of the censorious Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, the legislation targeting the Westboro Baptist Church that makes it illegal to protest within 300 feet of a military funeral...

He's some kind of terrible blend of neocon and socon statist, but he has the stamp of approval from Peter King.
NY Times article with praise from Peter King

Mr. Rogers has become something of a fixture in the public’s mind on intelligence matters. He has been a constant presence on news television and a strong advocate for the government’s intelligence apparatus at a time when Mr. Snowden’s leaks have undercut support and a rising libertarian wing of his party has divided Republicans on issues like cellphone surveillance and Internet monitoring.

“He’s definitely the most out-front intelligence chair, certainly since I was in Congress,” Mr. King said. “He basically rose to the occasion. He did what he had to do.”

Congressman [Rogers]: Iraq War's end gives al-Qaeda opening in Syria
House Intelligence Chair Mike Rogers: Iran Deal Could Increase Violence (yeah, cause tougher sanctions and/or war would decrease violence)

Never heard of them. They don't seem to be textbook, think-tank neoconservative, but "ACT! for America" seems to be pushing aspects of the agenda. Their founder (Brigitte Gabriel) can certainly make the list. She already has an entry at Rightweb. Seems like a Hagee type, very useful to neoconservatives. If we include Hagee, we should include her. Maybe we need a category for useful idiots?

Yeah, that'd solve the Hagee problem.