Dear DNC: You Can Have the Neocons Back Now

As Paul supporters, we've all faced charges that this campaign is really a bunch of libertarians trying to hijack the GOP. Dr. Paul certainly gets asked often enough if he's running for the right party's nomination, and I can't tell you how many times I've groaned at "conservative" reporters who insist on identifying Paul as "the sole libertarian" in the race, rather than including him in the GOP field.

Two stories yesterday, however, slapped me upside the head with the memory of who exactly hijacked what. First off, Bill Kristol, neocon extraordinaire and publisher of the Weekly Standard, was quoted waxing rhapsodic about Hillary Clinton.

"Hillary Clinton is becoming the responsible Democrat who could become commander in chief in a post-9/11 world."

That ought to turn a head or two, but it's completely blown out of the water by this National Review article by Michael Ledeen, neocon lieutenant, demanding intervention in Iran with an emphasis on...worker solidarity?

"We shall see whether Western workers' organizations are capable of once again demonstrating real solidarity with their Iranian brothers and sisters... If the West had the courage of its past convictions, every leader would denounce the terror in Iran, and every trade unionist would be shouting in front of Iranian embassies."

Okay, now hang on. The "Paul's a libertarian RINO" folks are upset because the real GOP is pro-war, pro-deficit spending, pro-Hillary, and pro-union? Republicans believe in No Child Left Behind? Socialized medicine? Managed trade? Amnesty?

This may be the first time I've felt grateful to neoconservatives: thank you for making your actual affiliation so obvious. We'll take the GOP back now.