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  • What if Republican Senator Had Been Busted With Gun?

    03/28/2007 2:14:01 PM PDT · by freespirited · 28 replies · 88+ views
    Fox News ^ | 3/27/07 | John Gibson
    ...Suppose there was a hardcore Republican senator who opposed a war policy of a Democrat president. I know, you have to imagine a Democrat going to war, but let's say it's possible. And let's just say this Republican senator had a son in the military and upon meeting the president picked a fight with him and was later quoted as saying he was thinking about punching the Democrat president over the war policy and perceived rudeness. That's exactly the situation that describes Sen. Webb, except the political affiliations are reversed. Now let's just imagine that particular Republican senator had an...
  • Defender of the Second Amendment, if Not of His Aide

    03/27/2007 8:15:16 PM PDT · by freespirited · 21 replies · 842+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 3/28/07 | Dana Milbank
    Duck!" The cry -- from a member of the Capitol Hill press corps -- rang out as Sen. Jim Webb rounded a corner at high noon and strode toward reporters waiting outside the Senate chamber. Webb had called the news conference to talk about his aide, who was caught walking into a Senate building with a loaded pistol and ammo that, the aide said, belonged to the senator. ... "I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment," he announced, wearing the sort of baggy suit that made it hard to tell for sure if he was packing heat. "I...