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In Michael C. Desch’s long, but insightful article for the American Conservative, he details the vastly neo-conservative agenda surrounding the Giuliani campaign. He summarizes each prominent member of the advisory team on foreign affairs. Among them is the author of World War IV. Desch writes:
Podhoretz is the person whose presence has done the most to set in concrete the notion that Team Rudy is all neocon all the time.
Though some have attempted to distance the radical neo-conservative Norman Podhoretz from Giuliani, Podhoretz himself has no intention of distancing from Giuliani. Professor Desch writes:
Unfortunately, he (Giuliani) is of one mind with some of the most unrepentant, unreconstructed neoconservatives around. Podhoretz told the New York Observer that “as far as I can tell, there is very little difference in how he sees the war and how I see it.” If anyone thinks that neoconservativism is on the outs after the debacle in Iraq, they need look no further than the Republican frontrunner’s brain-trust.
On Drudge there are two prominent links that favor Ron Paul. The first talks about the new records reached by the gold standard. Yes, that ancient commodity that never loses its value. Thank you Dr. Paul for teaching us about a true currency system. The second link on Drudgereport poses the question: Ron Paul fundraising king? Paul’s remarkable $20 million fund-raising is far above all other Republicans and closer to Hillary Clinton’s imperial campaign.
Perhaps Drudge will also report on Paul’s strong placing in the Iowa caucus.
Writes Phyllis Schlafly:
Could Republicans be so divided going into the 2008 Convention that a dark horse could win the nomination?
This campaign is shaping up to a remarkable end. The dark horse Ron Paul may surprise on Thursday with a third place in Iowa–as Pat Buchanan and Tucker affirm. A third place would strengthen the campaign and call the attention of many undecided Republican voters. The possibility of a brokered convention is becoming a pundit’s dream.
Asked by a British member of Parliament if he is one of those atheists who wants to get rid of Christian symbols especially during the Christmas season, atheist Richard Dawkins replied that he is not. Dawkins said that he himself sings Christmas carols and that he considers himself a “cultural Christian.” Just as many Jews regard themselves as Jewish, defend Jewish interests and cherish Jewish culture while not participating in Jewish religious rituals, Dawkins says that he respects the fact that the history and traditions of the West are shaped by Christianity. Dawkins says he’s not one of those who wants to purge the West of its Christian traditions. The main threat to Christian symbols, Dawkins argues, does not come from atheists like him but rather from Muslims and members of other faiths.
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