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re: Jim Webb to likely run for Ds
Posted on 9/25/14 at 10:32 am to a want
Posted on 9/25/14 at 10:32 am to a want
Jim Webb is a really interesting man with a tremendous service record, but I suspect he would make a terrible president. I believe that he has integrity but he is all over the place in terms of what he actually wants to do policy-wise.
Book rec: Read his book "Born Fighting" if you get the chance.
Book rec: Read his book "Born Fighting" if you get the chance.
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Posted on 9/25/14 at 10:44 am to a want
Author of Fileds of Fire. Great read. He has been vocal on the power of the executive to wage war.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 10:44 am to a want
"Basically the president asked Webb how his boy was doing. Webb said he wanted to get him out of Iraq (kind douchey to say to president at the time). Then Bush said "that's not what I asked I asked about your boy" (could be douchey depending upon on how he said it - but he could have been trying to be personable and set aside politics) - then Webb said "that's between me and my boy" ...I don't think you should talk like that to the president."
I remember it like a want does. I did not see the Noonan article or at least I don't remember it. For what it's worth, I remember thinking of Webb as being the bigger jerk in the exchange because he started it but I also that Bush reacted poorly.
I remember it like a want does. I did not see the Noonan article or at least I don't remember it. For what it's worth, I remember thinking of Webb as being the bigger jerk in the exchange because he started it but I also that Bush reacted poorly.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 10:45 am to N.O. via West-Cal
It's already in his Will that he's donating his ego to science.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 10:47 am to N.O. via West-Cal
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but I also that Bush reacted poorly.
How exactly does one react when one inquires about the health/well-being of another's son, and is basically shite on?
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:07 am to N.O. via West-Cal
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I remember it like a want does. I did not see the Noonan article or at least I don't remember it. For what it's worth, I remember thinking of Webb as being the bigger jerk in the exchange because he started it but I also that Bush reacted poorly.
Here you go:
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The latest example of a lack of grace in Washington is the exchange between Jim Webb and President Bush at a White House Christmas party. Mr. Webb did not want to pose with the president and so didn't join the picture line. Fair enough, everyone feels silly on a picture line. Mr. Bush approached him later and asked after his son, a Marine. Mr. Webb said he'd like his son back from Iraq. Mr. Bush then, according to the Washington Post, said: "That's not what I asked you. How's your son?" Mr. Webb replied that's between him and his son.
For this Mr. Webb has been roundly criticized. And on reading the exchange I thought it had the sound of the rattling little aggressions of our day, but not on Mr. Webb's side. Imagine Lincoln saying, in such circumstances, "That's not what I asked you." Or JFK. Or Gerald Ford!
"That's not what I asked you" is a sentence straight from cable TV, from which many Americans are acquiring an attitude toward public and even private presentation.
Our interviewers and anchors have been taught, or learned, that they must show who's in charge, who's demanding answers, who's uncompromising in his search for truth. But of course they're not in search of truth; they're on a search for dominance.
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Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:27 am to Decatur
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A term in which he really didn't do anything He comes across as a guy who doesn't know what he wants
I think he's been really unstable - his writing reflects that, as does his public service.
I applaud him for his military career and he is right on a number of issues (at least for D), particularly guns, but I'm not sure he is stable enough to even complete a run for POTUS.
He would balance an extreme leftist at the top of the ticket, which is likely, Clinton or Warren at this point.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:36 am to Ace Midnight
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I think he's been really unstable - his writing reflects that, as does his public service.
I applaud him for his military career and he is right on a number of issues (at least for D), particularly guns, but I'm not sure he is stable enough to even complete a run for POTUS.
He would balance an extreme leftist at the top of the ticket, which is likely, Clinton or Warren at this point.
I've liked JW on some of his stances, but yeah, certainly I understand that concern too. That said, I'd like to check out his writing (I know it was mentioned in an earlier post).
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:40 am to a want
So he was a baby killer?
This post was edited on 9/25/14 at 11:41 am
Posted on 9/25/14 at 12:53 pm to trackfan
Thanks for linking - much appreciated. 
Posted on 9/25/14 at 12:56 pm to a want
I mean, I'm not gonna vote for a D. But he'd be the first on I did vote for if he'll ever froze over.
Semper Fi
Semper Fi
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:08 pm to Teufelhunden
Fields of Fire was a hell of a good novel.
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