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I am sorry I have met Webb & have had the displeasure of having to work with him during those Reagan years.
Webb is fundamentally a jack-ass !
He has a chip on his shoulder a mile high.
I was picked to work with him on a DOD project back in those RR years even though I was quite young and new to the DOD world. It was felt since I come from the red-neck Appalachian world that Webb is so proud of, even though a mere youth (Then!) perhaps I could communicate with him !(I couldn’t !) He tolerates NO disagreement even when the matter at hand is something that he has no education, training or experience in. In fact he acts if his ignorance of a subject endows himself with a special insight!
He was a flop as a Navy Sec mainly because he couldn’t & wouldn’t work with anyone. (So it wasn’t just me!)
We are seeing similar displays of his childish petulance here in the Senate as our Va senator. Of course since its so hard to actually measure success in a legislative job, Webb will probably be there forever. All a Senator has to do to be judged "successful" is posture & draw attention to himself, skills Webb has in abundance.

I am sorry I have met Webb & have had the displeasure of having to work with him during those Reagan years. Webb is fundamentally a jack-ass ! He has a chip on his shoulder a mile high. I was picked to work with him on a DOD project back in those RR years even though I was quite young and new to the DOD world. It was felt since I come from the red-neck Appalachian world that Webb is so proud of, even though a mere youth (Then!) perhaps I could communicate with him !(I couldn’t !) He tolerates NO disagreement even when the matter at hand is something that he has no education, training or experience in. In fact he acts if his ignorance of a subject endows himself with a special insight! He was a flop as a Navy Sec mainly because he couldn’t & wouldn’t work with anyone. (So it wasn’t just me!) We are seeing similar displays of his childish petulance here in the Senate as our Va senator. Of course since its so hard to actually measure success in a legislative job, Webb will probably be there forever. All a Senator has to do to be judged "successful" is posture & draw attention to himself, skills Webb has in abundance.

I don't still know a whole lot about him (I did meet him during the campaign) but I do know that he put his a$$ on the line once for his country, something his opponent in the last Va. Senate race didn't do...his son also is currently a Marine.
If someone such as former CJCS Peter Pace were to run against him, I'd vote for him. However, it seems that the Republican party in Virginia always manages to pick milquetoast candidates (Gilmore, Allen) then wonder why they end up getting beat.