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George Will: Webb conveys the message of a boor
Manchester Union Leader ^ | 11/30/06 | George F. Will

Posted on 11/30/2006 6:12:16 AM PST by dashing doofus

THAT WAS certainly swift. Washington has a way of quickly acculturating people, especially those who are most susceptible to derangement by the derivative dignity of office. But Jim Webb, Democratic senator-elect from Virginia, has become a pompous poseur and an abuser of the English language before actually becoming a senator.

Wednesday's Washington Post reported that at a White House reception for newly elected members of Congress, Webb "tried to avoid President Bush," refusing to pass through the reception line or have his picture taken with the President. When Bush asked Webb, whose son is a Marine in Iraq, "How's your boy?" Webb replied, "I'd like to get them (sic) out of Iraq." When the President again asked, "How's your boy?" Webb replied, "That's between me and my boy." Webb told the Post

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: deranged; jimwebb; lunaticfringe; senate; senatorass; senatorthinskin; thinskin; virginia; webb
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To: murdoog; LibLieSlayer; Admin Moderator

OOOPS. Post #76 was a joke, not post #75 (which is the one you responded to.)

Mr. Moderator, could you delete the post I am responding to?


101 posted on 11/30/2006 10:01:29 AM PST by murdoog
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To: SoFloFreeper

Does Virginia have recall?


102 posted on 11/30/2006 10:03:39 AM PST by ProudCopperhead
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To: dashing doofus
Bush invites a Senator-elect of the opposite party into his house to congratulate him, expresses concern about the guy's son and the guy throws crap salad at him in return. Whatta jerk.
103 posted on 11/30/2006 10:06:00 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: KoRn

Just damn. How could my state elect this guy?"

Good Question. Perhaps the first answer is to help your election officials clense the voter rolls of the posers and illegals and DEAD people. I understand from my former County Elections Officer that doing that job is the last one on the burner, as they are chronically understaffed, etc. Perhaps you and your local Republicans could set up VOLUNTEERS to help in this respect.

My personal belief is that COLLEGE students are voting both where they attend school, and by absentee ballot from their parents homes. I don't think anyone has worked this out nor a way to combat the double=voting that I am convinced many of them are doing. My biggest reason for this thought is the large increase in Democrat voters over the last 15 years, and most "students" are very Liberal. They are full of ideas until they get out into the world and have to do a job and get a real paycheck and pay their own bills. Until then, they tend to overwhelmingly vote Democrat.


104 posted on 11/30/2006 10:12:48 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: murdoog

That sound that you hear is me slapping my thick skull! ;-)

LLS


105 posted on 11/30/2006 10:14:07 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
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To: wmileo
30,000 to 40,000 Bosnians was settled in St Louis area by the Clinton administration. I suspect they tipped the vote in Missouri against Talent.

Pretty neat trick, don't have enough Democratic voters in a state, then import them.
106 posted on 11/30/2006 10:22:53 AM PST by Swiss
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To: KoRn
How could my state elect this guy?

It's pretty simple actually.

George Allen's campaign did this:


107 posted on 11/30/2006 10:25:25 AM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: wouldntbprudent
Webb Jr. soliciting people to send him various kinds of porn in Iraq,

Just send him his dad's books.

108 posted on 11/30/2006 10:37:21 AM PST by pbear8 (Lord take care of B16, he's going into the Mohammendans den.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Ummm no, you should be slapping my thick skull.

I should have checked which post you were responding to before I responded back.

Rapid-fire posting is fun until somebody loses an eye.


109 posted on 11/30/2006 11:41:48 AM PST by murdoog
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To: wouldntbprudent

Got a link to that website?


110 posted on 11/30/2006 2:13:36 PM PST by SoftballMominVA
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To: dashing doofus

Jim Webb is no "Blue Dog". How many conservative Dems were out quoting Karl Marx on the campaign trail?


111 posted on 11/30/2006 7:38:14 PM PST by ReagansRaiders (DRAFT STEVE FORBES '08)
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To: Kenton
...I'm not a Bluenose, per se.

I did a year at SP90, however.

112 posted on 12/01/2006 7:49:52 AM PST by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: kinsman redeemer

SP90? The geographic South Pole (90 degrees South)? Well, officially or not, I bet your nose got pretty blue anyway!


113 posted on 12/01/2006 10:15:40 AM PST by Kenton
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To: ReagansRaiders

"Jim Webb is no "Blue Dog". "

You're right, I checked the list and its confined to some 40 or so House Dems.

I guess he is simply a rabid dog.


114 posted on 12/01/2006 11:05:07 AM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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