[Zhang Fei]

The Standard wrote a long tribute to Webb, calling him a "blood and soil conservative".

Not having read the other Standard articles in question, I can't really speak to them. However, I think you misunderstand the Standard's depiction of Webb. The term "blood and soil conservative" is a way of calling Webb a borderline Nazi. It's definitely not a compliment.

[colonel mosby]

Okay, need further evidence ? How about this characterization of Jim Webb, contained in the Weekly Standard pre-election feature article:

"Webb is not only a gifted novelist, but something rarer: a novelist of ideas. And all his ideas are reactionary. Together [his] books form a long, eloquent protest against the wussification of America, exemplified in the Washington world of slick pols, butt-covering bureaucrats, and the panty-waist, nancy-boy journalists who serve as their stenographers."

Now, I ask again. Was The Weekly Standard trying to help, or hurt, George Allen with this tribute to his opponent, James Webb ?

[LibLieSlayer]

barnes call webb "a good Conservative". Your explanation does not hold water.

LLS