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Always A Marine:
My statements to the effect that he is a candy ass have absolutely nothing to do with his record in Viet Nam. I'm sick and tired of people ducking and hiding behind war records or military service anytime the heat gets turned up in the proverbial political kitchen. A war record should not be cover for policy positions that otherwise jeopardize this Republic.

When I was a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute...his book "Field of Fire" was considered required reading. Indeed, his tenure as SecNav had much to do with the ultimate selection of Gen. Gray as Commandant and the renewed efforts of the Marine Corps to improve training.

But let's face it. This is the year 2006. Not 1988 or 1968. We have a war(s) that we are fighting now...and we must win. Period.

James Webb is a candy ass...not for his war record...but because he is the political equivalent of cross-dresser. He's come out of the closet now...and I'll call him a candy ass any day of the week.

James Webb is a candy ass...not for his war record...but because he is the political equivalent of cross-dresser. He's come out of the closet now...and I'll call him a candy ass any day of the week.

Yeah, you call Webb a "candy ass" and you'll do more damage to George Allen's candidacy than to Webb's. Jim Webb could kick both our butts thirty years ago, and probably still could today. We can argue that Webb is wrong on issues, but calling him a "candy ass" is so demonstrably wrong that it will alienate many voters who know better, and relegate some of Allen's best supporters to the kook fringe.