Webb's Hero.
Middle school Senator-elect pingage.
Failed Senator and he hasn't even started yet!
Let's see if they cheer if he shows equal feistiness against the likes of Leaky Leahy and the Diving Champion. Of course, George Soros would cut off his funding in a heartbeat and he's afraid of a one way trip to Ft. Marcy Park . . . so it'll happen when hell freezes over.
Webb should ask some marines about how to do diplomacy with fanatics. More than a little like entering negotiations with the Japanese militarists in 1945. Basically the only way to deal with them is the way we did with the Japanese on Okinawa.
I have a feeling that many people who voted for Mr. Webb are going to regret it - and soon!
With all due respect to his service, being a Marine does not give magical insight into foreign policy matters. It means he served his country. Now he wants to capitalize on that service and the cachet it has provided to satisfy his emotional needs.
This Webb punk is way too hot and will make himself look like a major jackass, very soon
Certainly is mouthy for a first term Senator.
Witness the triumph of the therapeutic.
All of the talk about diplomacy and talk and consensus really is therapy for the left side of the aisle. They think Iraq and Vietnam show the west is bad for forcing its views on Marxists and fascists, so we need to get guilt off our chests and beg for forgiveness.
It serves no other purpose. It makes us look like George McFly to the most reactionary elements in modern times. People like Sheikh Nasrallah and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are not Mikhail Gorbachev.
In addition, we strengthen the prestige of the bad guys by talking with the fundie leaderships. If we absolutely insist on talking, it should be with the students, the Christian opposition, business leaders-- anybody BUT the apocalyptic Death to America! wackos.
Mr. Webb is psychologically insecure.
I was at a party last weekend, and Webb's son came home from college. In the hallway, Webb called out, "Hey, son! How was school? Now come over here and let me suck on that d*&%!" He said it was a custom he picked up overseas. Freaky.
I hope he is a better Senator than he was as SECNAV. He really sucked!!!
Thanks, Virginia.
The favorite Lib words are, "Slam" or "Blast" as shown here; "Webb Blasts" They say that even when its just a "Pop Pop" of a few grains of popcorn. In this case as most, it is just another popgun.
He is just entangling himself in his own web.
Is he going to continue getting all his speeches off of the Democratic Underground?
He won the election; he can afford to hire a professional staff to prepare his future pronouncements. He doesn't need to rely on the New York Times anymore for his talking points. He can get first hand intelligence -- and thereby, sound intelligent.
I grieve for the State of Virginia.
Bush looking for a way forward. Baker gave Bush the best chance to salvage GOP chances in 2008. Nation building and mission creep are disasters for Bush. Two things he had warned against prior to being President - who changed his mind and made him lose his way?
Hey! Virginia has elected Karl Marx!
During the campaign, Webb often spoke about the growing divide between the rich and the poor, a divide he said risks tearing American society apart. He said Tuesday he hopes to begin addressing the problem through measures such as increasing the minimum wage and examining the fairness of corporate tax breaks.
What is causing the "growing divide" between the "rich" and the "poor?" A few decades ago, a "rich guy", (for example, a guy like Webb with a fancy law degree) was typically married to a stay-at-home wife. Today said "rich guy" is typically married to a woman who also has a fancy law degree and big income. Meanwhile, the poor are still mostly single-parent families. Result: the divide between the haves and have-nots has grown wider.
The Webbs appear to be a classic example of this phenomenon. You'd think Webb could figure out what is going on when it is right under his nose.
If he wants to narrow the divide, he'll have to introduce legislation requiring high-powered women to work less or not at all. (That should go over big with his wife.)