Idiocy. But the kind of idiocy I've come know and love from some of you "Chicken Hawk conservatives" that can call a Navy Cross winner names- Real big guys when it comes to slinging rhetoric over the internet, but missing in action when the fight's on..
I don't agree with Jim Webb's choice of party and I don't agree with his position on the war in Iraq, but he's a far better man than the one he's opposing (a football player?)and a far better man than those of you that never darkened the door of a recruiting center during time of war.
He's a courageous man and no amount of disagreement - or inarticulate guttersniping - can change that.
Go back to LP.
This is a conservative, patriotic American board.
webb did the equivalent of throwing his medals away when he sold out for opportunism to the likes of kerry and schumer, stabbed his dead mentor Reagan in the back, and joined the party of treason, socialism, taxes, crime and welfare.
I don't question Webb's military service. I do seriously question his current judgment and his "qualifications" to be a U.S. Senator.
However, you are far to quick to get snarky about the "football player."
Yes, Allen played in college, but a knee injury kept him from trying to go further. He still loves the game.
As for military service, Allen had college deferment and a very high draft number (I believe above 300). The draft ended in 1973. Allen graduated from college in 1974.
He has never, ever criticized Webb's military service.
That said, George Allen has served with distinction in the Virginia House of Delegates, the U.S. Congress, as Governor of Virginia and now as U.S. Senator.
And, unlike Jim Webb, he has never advocated retreat.