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Then why did your previous post come straight out of the Webb campaign's talking points? If you were a Republican, and if you admired President Reagan as much as your tag line indicates, you wouldn't break his 11th commandment of politics--thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican. If you're a Republican, pick on the Rats--not a fellow Republican.

Check the record, pal...Webb was a Reagan man. Besides, the 11th commandment doesn't apply any longer as evidenced by the preponderance of those on this site trashing Republicans such as McCain, Graham, John Warner, Specter, Chafee, DeWine, Snowe, Collins, Shays, or anyone else not deemed "Bushleague" enough. My Reagan philosophy revolves around government being "the problem" as in "Democrats out of our wallets (and schools, property, etc.), Republicans out of our bedrooms (and drug cabinets, churches, etc.); and both of them out of our Constitution!"

Republicans out of our bedrooms (and drug cabinets, churches, etc.); and both of them out of our Constitution!"

You haven't the foggiest idea of what the Constitution says... pay special attention to the red type...

Article V

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress;

Webb was a Reagan man, huh? According to the Virginian-Pilot newspaper, "Jim Webb, Republican Sen. George Allen’s Democratic challenger, served as assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs in the Reagan administration before he was Reagan’s Navy secretary. He quit the latter job in 1989 over displeasure with the administration’s plans to cut military spending."

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=111035&ran=165229

When Nancy Reagan asked Webb not to use the Reagan footage because it implied a would-be endorsement, Webb said no.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
"Nancy Reagan told the Senate campaign of Jim Webb yesterday not to run a TV ad in which former President Ronald Reagan is shown praising the Virginia Democrat. The use of video footage of President Reagan "is neither authorized nor appropriate," Joanne Drake, the former first lady's chief of staff, wrote to Webb in a three-paragraph letter from her office in California.

"Using the President's name, image or likeness implies endorsement, which is neither fair nor respectful of any candidate, certainly not after President Reagan's death."

"At the direction of Mrs. Reagan please refrain from the use of her husband's name, video footage, photograph, likeness and or quotes in any further campaign materials, including television advertisements," Drake wrote.

A spokesman for Webb said the campaign still plans to run the ad."

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190518097

Two senior Webb advisors, Steve Jarding and Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, wrote a book called "Foxes in the Henhouse." Quoting the Virginian-Pilot article, "The book, published this spring, calls Reagan "a pompous, ignorant fool." The book also said that the Reagan Administration was largely "a sell-out and a sham."

Some Reagan man, "pal."