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Jim Webb (D-VA) not seeking re-election
New York Times ^
| Feb. 9, 2011
| Michael D. Shear
Posted on 02/09/2011 2:35:01 PM PST by 84rules
In a statement, Mr. Webb said that he had “decided to return to the private sector, where I have spent most of my professional life, and will not seek ...
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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: allen2012; bloggersandpersonal; democrat; georgeallen; jimwebb; oldnews; senate; va2012; virginia; webb
One down, one to go. I suspect that Mister Webb knew that he could not overcome the disparity between what he promised in 2006 and what his actual voting record was over the past five years.
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posted on
02/09/2011 2:35:08 PM PST
by
84rules
To: 84rules
Back to porn novels melon head.
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posted on
02/09/2011 2:38:14 PM PST
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: kbennkc
Don’t know about his porn novels, but ‘Fields Of Fire’ was a fine book.
To: 84rules
....the polling data is in and....it’s not good....
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posted on
02/09/2011 2:57:05 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
To: 84rules
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posted on
02/09/2011 2:59:26 PM PST
by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: 84rules
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posted on
02/09/2011 3:11:06 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: 84rules
he knew he was going to lose in 2012 and chose not to fight that battle. Fair enough. We’re gonna take the senate but let’s not start getting cocky about it.
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posted on
02/09/2011 3:33:40 PM PST
by
RC one
To: RC one
Webb read the tea leaves and knew he was toast.
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posted on
02/09/2011 3:47:47 PM PST
by
Plumres
To: RC one
Webb read the tea leaves and knew he was toast.
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posted on
02/09/2011 3:47:59 PM PST
by
Plumres
To: Stevenc131
I read “Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America” by Webb before he came out of the Dem closet and thought it was a very good book. I was saddened when I found out he was tainted...
Yep, got a little Scots-Irish in me but the really hardheadedness comes via Germany...
BTW,hardheadedness was a spell checker choice; must be a lot of us...
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posted on
02/09/2011 4:31:00 PM PST
by
CenTex
(My ammunition pile is growing... Hand loading is helping...)
To: 84rules
Can we start calling “the private sector” “the real word” instead?
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posted on
02/09/2011 6:29:07 PM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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