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Jim Webb's rebel roots: An affinity for Confederacy
The Politico ^
Posted on 06/10/2008 6:30:21 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
Barack Obama’s vice presidential vetting team will undoubtedly run across some quirky and potentially troublesome issues as it goes about the business of scouring the backgrounds of possible running mates. But it’s unlikely they’ll find one so curious as Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb’s affinity for the cause of the Confederacy.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dixie; jim; obama; va2008; vp; webb
To: ConservativeMan55
LOL they’re dropping like flies!!
First Strickland of Ohio and now Webb...
Old Obamie is gonna be left with Wesley Clark....hahahahahahaha
To: ConservativeMan55
Interesting...the media never cared about it before when he was running...but pillored Sen. Allen for LESS!!
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posted on
06/10/2008 6:32:50 PM PDT
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: penelopesire
Interesting.. hadn’t even thought about it that way..
This one will be buried in the mainstream
To: ConservativeMan55
Webb, a descendant of Confederate officers, also voiced sympathy for the notion of state sovereignty as it was understood in the early 1860s, and seemed to suggest that states were justified in trying to secede.The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...
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posted on
06/10/2008 6:36:58 PM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("a wee bit silly." -Lord Trimble on Hillary Clinton's claim of foreign policy "experience".)
To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
To: ConservativeMan55
Why not? The Demo Party itself has strong roots in the Confederacy.
In fact, I predict that Obama will be the Dems’ biggest loser since Jefferson Davis.
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posted on
06/10/2008 6:40:12 PM PDT
by
atomic conspiracy
(Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
To: atomic conspiracy
To: ConservativeMan55
A man with an affinity for “lost causes” would make a perfect running mate for Obama.
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posted on
06/10/2008 6:43:55 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
To: popdonnelly
To: popdonnelly
To: popdonnelly
Jimmy Carter is a lost cause..
To: ConservativeMan55
Sen. Webb, If he becomes Sen. Obama’s running mate, Would definitely cost the Senator the Presidency.
To: ConservativeMan55
Let him pick Napolitano.
She is gayer than Richard Simmons and got elected in AZ.
She is an idiot and is already vetted.
Everyone knows she is an idiot.
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posted on
06/10/2008 6:59:35 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: Jet Jaguar
To: ConservativeMan55
didnt Webb write some weird novel with some sex stuff in it? maybe I’m confused.
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posted on
06/10/2008 7:13:55 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: isom35
Yeah and i think it was like underaged stuff.
To: ConservativeMan55
Nothing to see here. Webb votes with the liberals now. Like Byrd, it is a nonstory. If Webb were a Conservative, he would be slimed.
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posted on
06/10/2008 7:15:36 PM PDT
by
Rosemont
($4+ for gas. Can we drill now?)
To: isom35
Plotkin was reading an excerpt from Webb's novel "Something to Die For," in which Webb describes a female stripper performing sexual acts with a banana. Excerpted.. read more here....
To: ConservativeMan55
To: ConservativeMan55
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posted on
06/10/2008 7:22:50 PM PDT
by
Donald Rumsfeld Fan
("Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, youve got it made." Groucho Marx)
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
06/10/2008 7:35:20 PM PDT
by
groanup
(Most of my cliche's aren't original.)
To: ConservativeMan55
Perhaps the real reason being his pornographic writings about young boys. The thought of this man being elected after his books still sicken me.
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posted on
06/10/2008 7:47:45 PM PDT
by
angelsonmyside
(It's not the color of one's skin but the color of the heart)
To: ConservativeMan55
LOL they’re dropping like flies!!
First Strickland of Ohio and now Webb...
Old Obamie is gonna be left with Wesley Clark....hahahahahahaha
Hillary will take the job......hahahahahaha.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:20:11 PM PDT
by
zert_28
To: ConservativeMan55
I think no way in hell does Webb get on the ticket. There is probably something about him to offend every RAT constituency.
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posted on
06/10/2008 8:45:18 PM PDT
by
freespirited
(Difference #1 between McCain and Obama: McCain is actually qualified to be president.)
To: isom35
"didnt Webb write some weird novel with some sex stuff in it? maybe I’m confused. "James Webb is a VERY wierd and confusing person- From the back flap of his book "Born Fighting": "One of the most highly decorated Marines of the Viet-Nam War, he served as Assistant Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan administration."
I bought and read his excellent nonfiction book about the Scots-Irish founders of this country, written by the Republican Webb, copyrighted in 2004. I did hear about his novel, but haven't read it. Also, I believe that he has a son currently or recently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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posted on
06/10/2008 10:48:58 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Conservatives NEED John Bolton for President.)
To: ConservativeMan55
Here’s how the mediots will handle this if it happens:
“Macaca. Macaca. Macaca, macaca McCain macaca. Macaca? Macaca.”
Hey, it worked for Born Idiot in 2006.
}:-)4
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posted on
06/11/2008 11:06:26 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
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