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  • Webb, Bush off to shaky beginning White House denies Sen.-elect's claim of leaks after icy greeting

    11/30/2006 7:57:18 AM PST · by iceskater · 92 replies · 2,616+ views
    Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | Thursday, November 30, 2006 | PETER HARDIN
    WASHINGTON -- Sen.-elect Jim Webb contends the Bush administration wants to paint him as a "hothead." The former Navy secretary, whose election in Virginia put Democrats over the top in capturing the U.S. Senate, voiced that view yesterday. A White House spokeswoman flatly denied Webb's charge. "That is not true. At all," said spokeswoman Dana Perino in an e-mail. Webb confirmed published reports of an exchange at a private White House reception when he declined an invitation to be photographed with President Bush, and next declined to answer Bush's question about his son stationed in Iraq. He was told, Webb...