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More reaction to George Will's "conservative" defense of a massive and expanding federal government -- Paul Mirengoff at Powerline argues that the correct conclusion is that George Bush simply isn't a conservative, a position Mirengoff has staked out before. See the posting for links. Mirengoff links to an article by Daniel Casse in Commentary (!) making the case for thinking that Bush is too a conservative. Well you don't say ..

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more or less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that’s all."

So, the question for the day is, "Do the neoconservatives own the language?"

You can track blogosphere reactions to the George Will's "Freedom vs. Equality" piece right here.

Will is likely writing in response to Andrew Sullivan's "Bush vs. Freedom".

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