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The Talk Shows Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Karl Rove, former adviser to President Bush; Rep. Chris Van Hollen, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Fred Smith, chairman and chief executive of FedEx Corp. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; David Axelrod, strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaign; Howard Wolfson, communications director for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign. THIS WEEK (ABC): Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; musician Steven Van Zandt, founder of the Rock and...

Just 10 months into his first term in elected office, James Webb found himself on the podium for one of the most coveted speaking slots in Democratic politics. The freshman senator from Virginia delivered the keynote address to the New Hampshire Democratic Party at its annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner a week ago, a role that in recent years has been played by current and former White House candidates John Edwards and John Kerry. Two years ago the speech was delivered by Sen. Evan Bayh, who is viewed as a potential vice presidential pick next year.... Direct and withering when talking about...

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font size=4>Politics: It's no mystery how congressional Democrats lost all momentum on Iraq: They decided to take shots at the integrity of the U.S. military. Now they stand defenseless before an outraged America. "The power of the White House was too much," a dejected Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as lamenting last week as he slumped in a chair in his Capitol office. Reid and his Senate Democrats were suffering one loss after another on Iraq. On Wednesday, the Senate killed a bill by Sens. Jim Webb, D-Va., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., to...

An amendment to mandate minimum rest times for U.S. troops between deployments faced long odds Wednesday after an influential Republican senator switched his position and said he would vote against it. John W. Warner, R-Va., a senior Armed Services Committee member who voted for the amendment by Jim Webb, D-Va., when it last came to the floor in July, said he had changed his mind. He said the ranks of military specialists are so thin in many positions that commanders on the ground would be seriously hobbled by mandatory “dwell times” between deployments.Bush administration officials have been furiously lobbying moderate...

Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:26:19 GMT From: "Jim Webb" Subject: Stop Burning Out The Troops Dear Friend, This Dwell Time Amendment provides a safety net under our troops. However long a servicemember has been deployed, they deserve at least that much time at home. It is a very simple, common sense amendment. For the sake of our servicemembers and their families, this is the right thing to do. Click here to email your Senators! Today, Senator Chuck Hagel and I will reintroduce an amendment that seeks to provide our men and women in uniform with the responsible rotational cycles...

Jim Webb, the loquacious freshman senator from Virginia, is again proposing an amendment that would mandate a certain amount of time that soldiers must spend at home between deployments. At first glance, supporting this amendment looks like supporting motherhood and apple pie — Webb’s stated aim is to take care of America’s soldiers at war, and who could possibly object to that? The amendment, furthermore, gives the president the right to waive the requirement “if the President certifies to Congress that the deployment…is necessary to meet an operational emergency posing a threat to vital national security interests of the United...

Dear [Past Your Eyes], Last winter, Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffered a brain hemorrhage. Today, Senator Tim Johnson returns to the Floor of the United States Senate. In just 9 months, with the help and support of his family, doctors, and prayers from people across the country, Senator Johnson has progressed remarkably. Senator Johnson's recovery has been nothing short of amazing and we are all thankful that he is now able to return to the Senate Chambers and continue his work for the people of South Dakota and all Americans. To celebrate Senator Johnson's return -- and to help him...

Dear Friend, Help us make a big statement for Senator Johnson today -- help him have the resources he needs to win in November 2008. Click here to Contribute >> Last winter, Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffered a brain hemorrhage. Today, Senator Tim Johnson returns to the Floor of the United States Senate. In just 9 months, with the help and support of his family, doctors, and prayers from people across the country, Senator Johnson has progressed remarkably. Senator Johnson's recovery has been nothing short of amazing and we are all thankful that he is now able to return to...

This Congress was elected in November 1974, only months after Nixon's resignation, and it was dominated by a fresh group of antiwar Democrats. One of the first actions of the new Congress was to vote down a supplemental appropriation for the beleaguered South Vietnamese that would have provided $800 million in military aid, including much-needed ammunition, spare parts and medical supplies. This vote was a horrendous blow, in both emotional and practical terms, to the country that had trusted American judgment for more than a decade of intense conflict. It was also a clear indication that Washington was abandoning the...

RELEASED TO THE MEDIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2007 Live By “Macaca,” Die By “NAMBLA”Top Virginia Democratic Strategist Linked To Pedophile Web Site Richmond, Virginia. (August 25, 2007) – The Old Dominion Blog Alliance (“ODBA”), an organization of approximately 25 conservative Virginia bloggers founded on December 9, 2005, discovered on August 21 that someone registered the domain name of “olddominionblogalliance.com” on August 16 via GoDaddy.com’s Domains by Proxy service in order to conceal their identity. The domain was then set to forward to the web site for the North American Man-Boy Love Association ("NAMBLA"), an organization that promotes illegal activity between adults and...

Democrats yesterday touted legislation to guarantee troops time at home between deployments to Iraq. snip The measure would require that regular military units returning from the war receive at least as much time at home as they spent in Iraq. Reserve units would get a home stay three times as long as they spent in the war zone

WASHINGTON - Democrats on Saturday touted legislation to guarantee troops time at home between deployments to Iraq. In the party's weekly radio address, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., criticized President Bush for threatening to veto the bill, contending his administration's policies on troop deployments have weakened the military. "The president's surge has sent many of our Army units to Iraq for the second and third time. We are asking our troops to make heroic sacrifices — yet as soon as they return we rush them back into battle," said Tauscher, author of the bill that passed the House Aug. 2 on...

11:49 AM PDT, August 2, 2007 WASHINGTON -- The House today passed a measure to mandate more rest at home for troops serving in Iraq, with Democrats taking another swipe at President Bush's management of the war on the eve of Congress' summer recess. The legislation — which passed 229 to 194, with six Republicans joining the majority — stands little chance of becoming law. A similar proposal sponsored by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) was blocked by Senate Republicans last month, and the White House today issued a veto threat. But as lawmakers prepare to go home to face their...

Do you remember the George Allen "macaca" video? That piece of coverage played an instrumental role in the election of Senator Jim Webb-- and winning back the United States Senate last year. But that turning point in Senator Webb's campaign would not have been possible without his dedicated staff members following George Allen's every move. That's the kind of work we're doing here at the Democratic Party of Virginia. As the Research Director, I'm working to build a Party apparatus that can immediately respond to the missteps and lies told by the Republicans who are trying to maintain control of...

Senator Jim Webb held an unequivocal position on issues related to immigration during his campaign for The US Senate. He got solidly to Incumbent George Allen and President George W. Bush’s right and ran there without apology to the members of the Democratic Party that see illegal immigration as a civil right that the US government should never take away. His stated position on these issues would put him in the same political quadrant as Jeff Sessions or Tom Coburn. Yet he did nothing to get the State of Virginia enough budgetary support to enforce Federal Immigration Laws. Recently, the...

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It is Monday night and Mark R. Levin is already plenty mad. He starts out his ABC radio show calmly reading: Media depictions of the fighting typically showed tired and frustrated American and South Vietnamese soldiers, while often using stock propaganda footage of communist troops marching cheerfully down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The elders who made their names in younger days on such allegations as U.S. troops lying about their "body counts" gave almost no mention of the horrendous communist military casualties, despite the most newsworthy item of those few weeks: the Hanoi government officially admitting it lost 1....

NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday when Democrat Jim Webb of Virginia and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina testily exchanged views on President Bush's Iraq policy and troop welfare. An impromptu troop surge debate turned into a temper surge. "Just wash your hands of Iraq," an animated Graham said to the war critics, including the Democrat seated to his immediate right. "History will judge us, my friend." "It's been a hard month, Lindsey," Webb commiserated, wearing a tight smile. "You need to calm down, my friend." "Lindsey's had a hard month," Webb repeated. "It ain't about Lindsey having a...

Republicans increasingly divided over President Bush’s war strategy found unity yesterday in a growing procedural battle with Democrats that is now threatening to derail a major defense bill. Emboldened by Republican defections over the Iraq war, Democrats have been eager to use the annual defense authorization bill as a vehicle to attach restrictions to U.S. involvement in the region. But efforts to move toward the first of a host of Iraq-related votes broke down yesterday when Republicans demanded that the amendments should have 60 votes in order to win adoption to the overall bill. They argued that by agreeing to...

4:06 PM PDT, June 28, 2007 A San Bernardino County jury today acquitted a former sheriff's deputy of attempted voluntary manslaughter for opening fire on an unarmed, off-duty Air Force police officer after a high-speed chase last year, a brutal shooting videotaped by a bystander and aired nationwide. Ivory John Webb Jr., 46, the son of a former Compton police chief, was the first law enforcement officer ever to face criminal charges for an on-duty shooting in San Bernardino County. Webb, who also was also acquitted of assault with a deadly firearm, faced up to an 18-year prison sentence.

The Senate fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed. Warner and Webb both voted NO on cloture..... Thank them at: senator@warner.senate.gov http://webb.senate.gov/contact/

In narrowly winning her seat last year, Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri ran hard against what she saw as a flawed approach in Congress to dealing with illegal immigration. Ms. McCaskill, a Democratic newcomer, says she is not about to change her view now. “I hope this never wears off, but I like to keep my word,� said Ms. McCaskill, part of a triad of moderate Democratic freshmen balking at the proposed immigration overhaul and complicating efforts by President Bush and Senate leaders to pass it this week. Her compatriots in opposition are Senators Jim Webb of Virginia and Jon...

38 No's   [Rich Lowry] That's what someone following it closely just told me, with a number of undecided's still. This source also hears that Webb is "yes" on cloture, "no" on the bill. Fwiw...06/27 11:10 PM

SAN BERNARDINO - A former sheriff's deputy on trial for shooting an unarmed suspect at the end of a car chase softly cried this afternoon as his attorney pleaded one last time with jurors to acquit him of attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm charges. Ivory J. Webb Jr. wiped tears from his eyes as his attorney, Michael Schwartz, finished his closing argument during Webb's trial in San Bernardino Superior Court. In the final words of that argument, Schwartz compared Webb to a bird trapped in a cage, and asked jurors to allow the former deputy to return...

Dear Senator Webb – Courage keys the Scots-Irish heritage which you and I share. Last year I gave Born Fighting to a Scots-American church member who was entering the Special Forces. You showed courage when you resigned as SecNav rather than accept a grievous wound to the Navy. Show courage again to prevent a grievous wound to our nation. This immigration bill will not stanch the bleeding at our southern border. When an American serviceman is wounded in Iraq, the only right act is to stop the bleeding first. Only a fool would demand comprehensive reform of our Middle Eastern...

From a Different Irritated but Fighting Hard GOP Senate Aide...The Grand Bargainers are playing "hide the ball." We are not seeing language - they are trying to move this thing through without allowing full review and debate. 373 pages thrown together yesterday - AND AILA, a liberal advocacy group, gets to see it before fellow Republicans? What a slap in the face... Now - the Grand Bargainers are trying to roll through "tabling votes" to make some attempt to show strength in support of / or in opposition to various amendments to keep their deal "cobbled together." When we get...

SAN BERNARDINO - Jurors will probably begin deliberating today in the trial of a former sheriff's deputy who faces criminal charges for shooting an unarmed suspect at the end of a car chase in Chino. During closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of Ivory J. Webb Jr., the prosecutor said Webb was angry and out of control when he fired three shots into Elio Carrion just seconds after ordering Carrion to get up off the ground. Other reasonable law-enforcement officers in a similar situation wouldn't have shot, the prosecutor said. "The evidence shows that Mr. Webb is guilty, and so...

Around the Hill, Kirkorian's list is being cited as accurate and up to date: The following 12 senators are leaning against the bill itself but so far are leaning toward the cloture motion — which means, in reality, that they would be helping pass the amnesty, because if the bill comes to a final vote, it will pass. These are the Senators whose decisions will likely determine whether the amnesty passes or not: Bond (R-Mo.), Bingaman (D-N.M.), Burr (R-N.C.), Boxer (D-Calif.), Cochran (R-Miss.), Conrad (D-N.D.), Ensign (R-Nev.), Levin (D-Mich.), Gregg (R-N.H.), Nelson (D-Neb.), Hatch (R-Utah), Webb (D-Va.). Webb Voting No?...

Three centrists whose razor-thin election victories in November tipped control of the Senate to the Democrats now hold potentially decisive swing votes on the immigration measure the chamber will try to revive later this week. All three Democratic freshman senators — Jim Webb (Va.), Jon Tester (Mont.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) — voted against efforts by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to shut down debate over the measure earlier this month. The freshmen each have controversial amendments in the package that will be considered once the Senate moves to resume debate later this week. And no member is decided...

Thank you for your recent e-mail message. I appreciate your comments. Please be certain that your opinions and suggestions will be very helpful to me and my staff in our work on behalf of Virginia and the nation. If the subject of your communication is time sensitive or requires more detailed attention, please contact my office directly toll free at 1-866-507-1570. Again, thank you for writing, and I hope you will communicate with me often in the future. Sincerely, Jim Webb United States Senate

Sen. Jim Webb finally admitted he owns a gun that an aide was arrested for carrying into the U.S. Capitol complex in March. Webb previously had refused to say whether the gun was his, although his senior aide - Phillip Thompson - had told police the weapon belonged to the Democratic senator. "It's my gun," Webb told the Richmond Times-Dispatch in a recent interview. But how and why it was in Thompson's possession remains unclear. Webb said he didn't give the gun to Thompson, "nor did I ask him to do anything with it." Thompson was arrested on an illegal...

Sen. Jim Webb finally admitted he owns a gun that an aide was arrested for carrying into the U.S. Capitol complex in March...Webb declined to say whether he complies with the District of Columbia's law that prohibits carrying a handgun or concealed weapon without a license.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Sen. Jim Webb said he owns the gun that an aide was arrested for carrying into the U.S. Capitol complex in March. "It's my gun," Webb told the Richmond Times-Dispatch in an interview last week. Webb previously had refused to say whether the gun was his, although his senior aide--Phillip Thompson--had told police the weapon belonged to the Democratic senator. Thompson was arrested on an illegal handgun charge when he carried the loaded pistol and two other loaded magazines in a briefcase into the Russell Senate office building. A federal prosecutor later dropped the charge. Webb said...

Sen. Jim Webb has dispelled any lingering mystery about it: The pistol involved in the arrest of a top Webb aide was the senator's. "It's my gun," Webb, D-Va., acknowledged in an interview last week. Webb declined again to talk about whether he complies with the District of Columbia handgun ban. Almost six months into his first term, the writer, lawyer and Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam War combat agreed to an interview that touched an array of topics. They ranged from the gun episode, Iraq and presidential politics. Webb disclosed he was invited to the White House on Wednesday...

Sen. Jim Webb wants to narrow the scope of the bipartisan immigration-overhaul bill, but it was uncertain whether his proposal would be voted upon. Webb, D-Va., introduced an amendment yesterday that would allow perhaps 4 million or 5 million illegal immigrants to be offered a path to citizenship under the bill, ... Michel Zajur, president and chief executive officer of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, said he is aware of Webb's proposals. "There is a bipartisan effort to solve this problem. His amendment just complicates it." ... "This is legislative overkill," Webb said about the bipartisan proposal in a...

WASHINGTON -- The nation needs to look harder at mental health policy issues in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings last month, Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., said today. Webb, a gun-rights supporter who has a concealed weapons permit, said he did not see the need for any change in federal gun-control laws at this time. "I believe very strongly we need to focus on mental health issues in our country," Webb said in a telephone news conference. He has decided to co-sponsor the Mental Health Parity Act, he said. It is a bill requiring insurers to offer mental health...

WASHINGTON--Authorities dropped charges yesterday against an aide to Virginia Sen. Jim Webb who carried a loaded gun into the U.S. Capitol complex. "After reviewing and analyzing all of the evidence in the case, we do not believe the essential elements of the crime of carrying a pistol without a license can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt," said U.S. Attorney Jeff Taylor, top prosecutor in the District of Columbia. Webb senior aide Phillip Thompson, 45, of Stafford County, was arrested on March 26 after Capitol Police spotted the loaded pistol and two other loaded magazines in a briefcase being scanned...

WASHINGTON - Authorities dropped charges Friday against an aide to Virginia Sen. Jim Webb who carried a loaded gun into the U.S. Capitol complex. "After reviewing and analyzing all of the evidence in the case, we do not believe the essential elements of the crime of carrying a pistol without a license can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt," U.S. Attorney Jeff Taylor, top prosecutor in the District of Columbia, said in a short statement. Webb senior aide Phillip Thompson, 45, was arrested on March 26 after Capitol Police spotted the loaded pistol and two other loaded magazines in a...

Here's a True Crime Post and we've got the strange story of active church members supporting a known child molester. And how about that Va Senator Jim Webb sneaking a gun into congress? Only Webb got his assistant to do the deed and now his loyal Aid faces jail time. He molested a teenager only he wasn't a man, but a WOMAN! Finally, an update on Timothy Hennis who brutally murdered a woman and her young daughters. He escaped justice a long time ago but newer DNA tests nail him as the Perp. Will the government really be able to...

Look out, Webb's got a gun Charles Reichley Thursday, March 29, 2007 On Monday, James Thompson, an aide to Virginia Senator James Webb, was arrested carrying a loaded gun into the Senate Office building in Washington D.C. Thompson spent a night in jail for carrying a pistol without a license. That was one night too many. Senator Webb is a strong supporter of gun rights. He has a concealed carry permit, and a strong rating from the National Rifle Association. And Virginia is a good state for gun owners. The District, on the other hand, has banned guns. A federal...

Gun Control: Democrats are noticeably silent as freshman Sen. James Webb packs heat and leaves an aide literally holding the bag. So why should their constituents not have the same right to self-defense? Webb was selected to run against Republican George Allen last year in part because of his support of the Second Amendment. Webb sees the right to keep and bear arms as an individual right. It was part of the Democrats' plan not only to recapture the Senate but to make inroads into red-state America.

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Fox news covered some of Sen. Webb's press conference yesterday in which he discussed the circumstances surrounding the arrest of one of his assistants for posession of a weapon and ammunition on the capital grounds. Being a former infantry soldier, I cut Sen. Webb a lot of slack because he has seen combat up close and was awarded the Navy Cross. However, he did seem a little...too intense at the interview and it appeared he was hanging a subordinate out to dry, which we military guys don't like even though it happens all the time. So, what do you think...

An aide to Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) pleaded not guilty today on gun charges after he was arrested yesterday for allegedly trying to carry a loaded gun into a Senate office building. Phillip Thompson appeared in D.C. Superior Court this afternoon, and his attorney entered the plea on his behalf. He was released on personal recognizance and is due back in court May 1 for a preliminary hearing. Thompson, 44, of Stafford, was followed by a pack of reporters as he left the courthouse but declined comment. Webb, who spoke to reporters briefly in the Capitol before Thompson's arraignment, said...

Webb Denies He Gave Aide Gun That Led to Arrest Tuesday , March 27, 2007 WASHINGTON — Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday he did not give aide Phillip Thompson the gun that led to his arrest in a Senate office building. Webb did not say whether it was his gun. Thompson is awaiting arraignment in D.C. Superior Court after being arrested Monday for trying to enter the Russell Senate Office Building, where Webb's office is located, carrying a loaded pistol and two fully loaded magazines. The judge will determine whether Thompson, 45, will have to pay bail to get...

It is looking increasingly likely Sen. Webb possessed, controlled, and carried a unregistered handgun around the District of Columbia, and was last known to had possessed a unregistered weapon and ammunition at an airport terminal before handing over possession to another individual (possibly a criminal offense as well because Webb was not a licensed firearms dealer). All serious crimes in the District of Columbia. No person or organization (other than law enforcement officers, members of the military or licensed dealers) may possess or control any firearm in the District unless the person or organization holds a valid registration certificate. D.C....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An aide to U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, a Virginia Democrat and gun rights advocate, was arrested on Monday by Capitol Police for carrying a loaded gun and two full ammunition magazines into a Senate office building. Media outlets cited an unnamed congressional official who said the gun belonged to Webb, but his office refused to comment... Webb said in a December 2006 interview with the Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper that he did not regularly carry a gun but liked having the option to do so. "I value the opportunity to be able to protect myself, depending on...

WASHINGTON (AP) - An aide to Sen. Jim Webb was arrested Monday when he entered a Senate office building with a loaded pistol, Capitol Police said. Spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said the aide was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possessing an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition. The office of Webb, D-Va., identified the aide as Phillip Thompson and said he was "a former Marine, a long-term friend and trusted employee of the senator." "To our knowledge, this incident was an oversight," the office said in a statement. The weapon was revealed when the aide went through...