is it just me??? 
Posted on 07/02/2015 5:08:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Jim Webb, a Virginia Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 2006 and served a single term, announced on Thursday that he is running for president. Mr. Webb, a Vietnam veteran and former Navy secretary under President Ronald Reagan, has policy positions do not fall neatly along party lines. Here is where he stands on the issues.
Foreign Policy
Mr. Webb has been a persistent critic of the Iraq war, warning in 2002 that “those who are pushing for a unilateral war in Iraq know full well that there is no exit strategy if we invade.” He has also been more critical than the rest of the Democratic field of President Obama’s efforts to reach a deal with Iran to curtail its nuclear program, saying, “The end result of this could well be our acquiescence in allowing Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.” But he has praised Mr. Obama’s approach of using sanctions against Russia for its support of the rebels in Ukraine. And he said Mr. Obama made “the right decision” in recently moving to normalize relations with Cuba.
Same-Sex Marriage
Mr. Webb once opposed same-sex marriage, but he says his views have evolved and he now supports it, calling it “a good thing for this country.”
Environment
Mr. Webb has drawn criticism from Democrats for some of his past positions on the environment. In 2011, he voted in favor of a measure to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases. He has also expressed support for the Keystone XL pipeline to take oil from the oil sands of Alberta to the United States, and he has called on President Obama to allow for oil and natural gas exploration off the coastline of Virginia.
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Are they warming up the Democrat bullpen if HRH appears to have just too much baggage?
Webb is a whack job from way back.
He’s NEVER done a conservative act in his political career.
He’s ALWAYS done what the Democrats want.
What’s not to like NYTimes?
Another candidate whose views on legalized sodomy have “evolved.”
Um....no.
Jim Webb has a deeply depraved mind (which I suppose makes him a great democratic candidate). From his 2001 book, ‘Lost Soldiers’:
“A shirtless man walked toward them along a mud pathway. His muscles were young and hard, but his face was devastated with wrinkles. His eyes were so red that they appeared to be burned by fire. A naked boy ran happily toward him from a little plot of dirt. The man grabbed his young son in his arms, turned him upside down, and put the boy’s penis in his mouth.”
My old man, a Republican for his whole life, has good things to say about Jim Webb.
The Webb of conspiracy gets wider..
This freaking guy is nuts..
Sorry Jim, but the lunatic left will not vote for a white male in 2016. I still think Fauxahontas is the sleeper candidate the Dems have on wraps waiting for the Hillary implosion.
is it just me???
I recall his disrespectful comments to President Bush. He is a disgrace to VA and a disgrace to the USMC. I can’t imagine anyone will vote for him.
Bfl
Same-sex Marriage - says his views have “evolved”. More like “degenerated”. Besides, anybody who has anything good to say about the bastard in the Oval Office, is unfit for public office.
is he running to the right of JEB?
More Democrats coming out of the woodsheds. Hillary may have some real competition if this keeps up. It is harder to keep scandals under wraps even with a friendly news media when you have competitors.
Never heard of him……...
isn’t it sexist to oppose Hillary?
thx...
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