tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21644232.post1062997986929391592..comments2023-10-31T09:17:21.840-07:00Comments on The Kenig Konnection: KS Weekly Political News RoundupBrandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16596509620188209515noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21644232.post-90546354840206139152007-12-19T18:51:00.000-08:002007-12-19T18:51:00.000-08:00Bryan,Thanks for the clarification. I agree with ...Bryan,<BR/>Thanks for the clarification. <BR/>I agree with you, but I think the terms "smaller" and "limited" are typically used interchangably without knowledge of the those specific meanings you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>Our government is so large that we cannot achieve limited government without achieving smaller government first. Americans won't accept change that fast--but we can get there in time.<BR/><BR/>Neoconservatism has little meaning to me. It's a popular phrase the media likes to use. A neconservative foreign policy supposedly means American intervention, unilateralism, and presence in world affairs. Basically, Wilsonian idealism enforced with military power. But this definition is broad--our last 2 presidents have had neconservative tendences but have not practiced it exclusively--it's difficult to label most players with that term since reactions will vary depending on the state and situation involved. But neconservatism does not extend to domestic issues (social or economic). I think our foreign policy and national defense must be separated from social and economic issues when judging the size of government.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that using your logic, every Republican president, including Reagan, would be a big government proponent since they all increased defense budgets and deployed troops to various hot spots around the globe.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596509620188209515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21644232.post-19386090293906696742007-12-19T13:08:00.000-08:002007-12-19T13:08:00.000-08:00Brandon, Smaller government (pragmatism) or limite...Brandon, <BR/>Smaller government (pragmatism) or limited government (principle)? <BR/><BR/>You wrote smaller. That is a relative term, and it has meant very little to the neo-cons.<BR/><BR/>Let's go with limited, shall we? As in held within jurisdictional and constitutional bounds.bjbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704440895126815440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21644232.post-70128918834915641862007-12-17T06:28:00.000-08:002007-12-17T06:28:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09769468675897481839noreply@blogger.com