Or I'll shoot him!
Posted on 07/01/2008 11:20:13 AM PDT by Joiseydude
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) waded into the debate over John McCain's military service Monday to say that the Republican should avoid using military service in politics.
Webb, a Barack Obama supporter, was on MSNBC's "Countdown" to talk about his G.I. Bill to increase education benefits for returning veterans which is now law. Webb criticized both McCain and President Bush for not supporting the bill. Then, unprompted, Webb weighed in on the debate over retired Gen. Wesley Clark's remark that "riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down" isn't "a qualification to be president."
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um....didn’t John Kerry pretend to serve in Vietnam and then make that a major portion of his campaign?
Or is that campaign down the liberal memory hole too?
Mr. Webb is one to criticize. Good Lord, all we heard during his vaunted Senate Race against George “Macaca” Allen was “Born To Fight.” It was on all his posters and bumper stickers.
What an incredible phony.
“Webb: McCain Should ‘Calm Down’ on Using Military Service”
I’m sure he gave John Kerry the same advice. /sarc
This coming from the biggest exploiter of his Military Service since John Kerry!
McCain and Obama are running for the position of Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces during a period of war! How about Obama speak up about his military service! LOL!
What a turd
This from the same a hole that wore his sons combat boots on the campaign trail... What a hypocrite!
Yes, because Heaven knows the Democrats have never done that.
< /sarc>
It Looks like we all had the same general idea.
Barack (silence upon his middle name) Obama's pollsters must see that he has a major weakness against McCain on the military service qualification, so they are trying their hardest to eliminate it early in the campaign.
Or I'll shoot him!
It probably makes no difference, but I cannot recall Senator McCain ever claiming his military service was the reason to vote for him for President. He, also, surely has not claimed all military people subscribe to McCain's views.
Basically, Webb was elected as a former Republican Secretary of Navy to Democrat Senate Seat on the basis of a few conservative principles and a large number of "macacca " reports by the Washington Post.
If Obama is thinking of him as VP, he would be better to go elsewhere. Eventually, this guy is loyal to only himself and what his current views are at the time.
Wouldn’t this be like an Iraqi insurgent asking a Marine marksman to please not use his M14dmr on him?
Did he really do that?
Webb is little more than a bully. How dare McCain actually object to Clark’s abuse?
What steams me most about this Webb outburst is that it was gratuitious. No one asked him about the Wes Clark comment or McCain’s reaction to it. WEBB HAD JUST PLANNED, ALL ALONG, TO SAY IT so that he (Webb) would be more likely to be in the news.
‘Born to Fight” was his motto...he also made a habit of dragging around his son’s combat boots just to make sure everyone knew he had a son who was serving. Webb’s a liar, a hypocrite, a phony and a two bit opportunist!
Wesley Clark's attack was specifically designed to elicit a public meltdown by John McCain, which the Obama camp planned to pounce on as proof that McCain is a hothead and temperamentally unfit to be President. He didn't take the bait. So today we hear "calm down" from Jim Webb, though McCain gave no indication he needs to calm down about anything.
Dems are desperate to smear McCain. This is not about trashing his military service, it is about trying to goad him into a "Howard Dean moment." So far he has wisely refused to cooperate.
I.e., hey John let us impugn your service all we want but don’t dare say anything to defend yourself.
McCain truly continues to be such a wuss whenever he’s attacked! The left truly couldn’t pick an easier target to attack.
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