[PotatoHeadMick]

I loved Webb's book "Born Fighting", I had no idea Obama was considering him for VP

[fieldmarshaldj]

They left out racist and rabid anti-Semite.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Just notes that too: "Perhaps the most unappealing thing about Webb's worldview is that it seems to be built largely on resentment."

Huh? Resentment and envy are the Democrats' raison d'etre.

[VOA]

Muslims love Webb; Obama wants to keep them in his corner.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/oct/01/muslim-group-touts-local-political-clout/

[freespirited]

Geez, it wasn’t that long ago that we were treated to article after article by RATS about how Rudy Giuliani was unelectable because he is on wife #3 and was not exactly the perfect husband.

Now it’s Jim Webb for VP despite him being on his third marriage and allegedly having more marital skeletons in the closet than Rudy.

No way is Webb going on the RAT ticket. He has less experience than Bambi. His approval rating isn’t even 50%. He’s not a particularly good campaigner. And he is just plain radioactive among too many constituencies ... feminazis, gun control wackos, etc.

[AmericaUnite]

As an old fashioned woman I have one thing to say, HE IS ONE UGLY MAN! His head is out of proportion. He is funny looking.

[x]

Just can't figure out how a fundamentally illiberal Scots-Irish nationalist can arrive at all those good liberal tax-hiking, big-spending, trade-restricting positions that "liberals" like.

Most people understand by now that "trade restriction" isn't necessarily a liberal position.

Boaz is a libertarian (though he's adapted pretty well to the left-wing snobbery of the Guardian), so he's got his own agenda.

The only surprise here is that it's hard for him to figure out how Webb ended up where he did.

Libertarians invented the "Nolan chart."

That bottom left-hand corner labeled "Populist" is where Webb fits in, not especially preoccupied with economic or social freedom.

Libertarians have always had trouble with those people -- in later versions of the chart they're called "totalitarians" and "authoritarians," but none of the labels really fit.

Anyway, in the age of the Patriot Act, those populists may actually end up -- rightly or wrongly -- being more for liberty than more establishment types.