So let me get this straight,

[merrily]

61. Maybe simply "conservative."

Recently, a DUer explained to me that "neoliberal" is about a combination of money issues and cultural issues, while "neoconservative: refers to international matters--as in the 2003 PNAC letter urging Bush to invade Iraq.

Back in the day, the isolationists were mostly rightist conservatives, even as to WWII. So the warmongers are supposedly the new kind of conservative, aka neoconservative.

Thing is, though, the lines are just not that clear. Neoliberals supported the invasion of Iraq, right along with the neocons. The DLC supported it, a co-founder of the DLC and founder of the Progressive Policy Institute signed the PNAC letter, and Hillary Clinton urged her fellow Senators to vote to authorize the invasion. So, so much for the line between the two.

But, of course, prior to the Bubba and beyond era in the Democratic Party who were running for office were not about to call themselves conservatives. And Presidents like Truman and John F Kennedy had praised liberals lavishly. So, we got "neoliberals,' which, in my opinion is just a one-word huge lie. They are conservadems on steroids--just not on social issues. So, why not call them what they are? Conservatives who run as Democrats.