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No one has ever called me a liberal when it comes to politics. I am a classic conservative; a Reagan Republican. Since the early 1990s, a new breed of politician has emerged: The NeoCon. The NeoCons are Conservatives of Convenience only. President George Bush is a NeoCon.

NeoCons have no set of beliefs or standards that I can discover. The Republicans used to despise Bill Clinton for saying one thing while doing another. Sadly, the NeoCons have this perfected. They are the puppeteers: a sock puppet on one hand, distracting us; while the other hand is feeling us up for our wallet.

NeoCons happily stand before the blue collar worker and tell him, "Hey! We're one of you! We believe in God, Mom, and The American Worker!" Then they hop on a jet and are at a white collar meeting hours later, where they say "Hey! We're one of you! We believe in Making Money, Cheap Labor, and Big Business!" The blue collars aren't educated enough to catch on to this, and the white collars don't care.

I am so deeply saddened. At one time the Republican party actually stood for something. Whether you respect my views or not, they are consistent and well thought-out. But this crop of NeoCons is the most scattered, unethical group of politicos I've ever seen.

I am so tired of hearing people dismiss Christianity because that is the particular card that President Bush plays. He is no more Christian than a buddhist is. Christianity is one of his sock puppets. A true Christian lives by his faith. I don't care how many times he's seen going into church, or how many pious prayers he prays; his actions speak louder than his words.

I've heard some Christians ask me how I can dare question Bush's Christianity. How can they dare to believe it unquestioningly?

It says in the Bible that a Christian respects the laws of the land. And I think the obvious corollary to that is that a Christian legally changes the laws of the land if he disagrees with them (if that's at all possible). Granted the American Revolutionaries didn't respect British law, but you will have to agree that it was a massive group of people who asked for their freedom, and very nicely at first, may I add. People often forget that. But technically even the Revolutionaries weren't right, just lucky.

In Bush's case, it is one man who has decided to ignore the law at his convenience. OK, I'll grant you that there are other NeoCons in Congress that aid and abet him (and they should be held accountable as well) but Bush spear-headed this.

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