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Jim Webb's rebel roots: An affinity for Confederacy
The Politico ^

Posted on 06/10/2008 6:30:21 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55

Barack Obama’s vice presidential vetting team will undoubtedly run across some quirky and potentially troublesome issues as it goes about the business of scouring the backgrounds of possible running mates. But it’s unlikely they’ll find one so curious as Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb’s affinity for the cause of the Confederacy.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dixie; jim; obama; va2008; vp; webb
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1 posted on 06/10/2008 6:30:21 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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LOL they’re dropping like flies!!

First Strickland of Ohio and now Webb...

Old Obamie is gonna be left with Wesley Clark....hahahahahahaha


2 posted on 06/10/2008 6:31:07 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Interesting...the media never cared about it before when he was running...but pillored Sen. Allen for LESS!!


3 posted on 06/10/2008 6:32:50 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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Interesting.. hadn’t even thought about it that way..

This one will be buried in the mainstream


4 posted on 06/10/2008 6:35:13 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Webb, a descendant of Confederate officers, also voiced sympathy for the notion of state sovereignty as it was understood in the early 1860s, and seemed to suggest that states were justified in trying to secede.

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...

5 posted on 06/10/2008 6:36:58 PM PDT by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("a wee bit silly." -Lord Trimble on Hillary Clinton's claim of foreign policy "experience".)
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LOL


6 posted on 06/10/2008 6:37:29 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Why not? The Demo Party itself has strong roots in the Confederacy.
In fact, I predict that Obama will be the Dems’ biggest loser since Jefferson Davis.


7 posted on 06/10/2008 6:40:12 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029117/posts


8 posted on 06/10/2008 6:42:33 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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A man with an affinity for “lost causes” would make a perfect running mate for Obama.


9 posted on 06/10/2008 6:43:55 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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lol


10 posted on 06/10/2008 6:46:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Jimmy Carter? lol


11 posted on 06/10/2008 6:46:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Jimmy Carter is a lost cause..


12 posted on 06/10/2008 6:46:45 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Sen. Webb, If he becomes Sen. Obama’s running mate, Would definitely cost the Senator the Presidency.


13 posted on 06/10/2008 6:56:20 PM PDT by desherwood7
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Let him pick Napolitano.

She is gayer than Richard Simmons and got elected in AZ.

She is an idiot and is already vetted.

Everyone knows she is an idiot.


14 posted on 06/10/2008 6:59:35 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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LOL


15 posted on 06/10/2008 7:04:55 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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didnt Webb write some weird novel with some sex stuff in it? maybe I’m confused.


16 posted on 06/10/2008 7:13:55 PM PDT by isom35
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Yeah and i think it was like underaged stuff.


17 posted on 06/10/2008 7:15:02 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Nothing to see here. Webb votes with the liberals now. Like Byrd, it is a nonstory. If Webb were a Conservative, he would be slimed.


18 posted on 06/10/2008 7:15:36 PM PDT by Rosemont ($4+ for gas. Can we drill now?)
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Plotkin was reading an excerpt from Webb's novel "Something to Die For," in which Webb describes a female stripper performing sexual acts with a banana. Excerpted.. read more here....
19 posted on 06/10/2008 7:16:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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http://www.cnsnews.com/viewpolitics.asp?page=/politics/archive/200610/pol20061027c.html


20 posted on 06/10/2008 7:18:31 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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