Posted on 11/19/2016 12:28:06 AM PST by Sontagged
Webb is a writer, vet, former VA Senator, worked for Reagan, looks like a great guy and a much more compelling pick for Trump's "team of rivals" as a moderate Dem than GOPe backstabbers or neocon hawks.
Had a dream about Jim Webb for Trump back in May. I wrote to a very smart cable news contributor/celeb GOPer I know about it then, when Trump was making up his mind about VP. The weird thing was, I'd never heard of Webb before (consciously) but I remembered the name when I woke up...
(Don't kid me for posting a dream; Lincoln put a lot of stock in dreams and it's what Peter quotes from the prophet Joel in Acts -- that God will give us dreams, etc.! Plus I just looked back over our private messages and I also dreamt Trump would win in a landslide back in Feb.!... Wish I remembered that dream on Nov 8, I completely forgot...)
I really just want to know what Freepers think about Webb for Trump.
Considering how scared the BushGOPe was when Kerry floated the idea of running with McCain in '04 (and they outpolled Bush/Cheney by 10 pts) and how Rove and company had to make the deal with McCain that they would help him run for Prez in '08 if McCain backed off the Kerry/McCain bipartisan ticket...
... considering how the GOPe/Uniparty Establishment hates bipartisan tickets because it exposes their collusion (Rove was nearly apoplectic when McCain floated Lieberman as VP in July '08)... I actually thought Trump/Webb would be an interesting bipartisan ticket before Trump picked Pence.
Republicans just won a landslide election with all branches of government for the first time in decades.
This is not the time to recruit anyone with a “D” after their name.
Americans didn’t vote for bipartisanship. They voted Republican.
It would be amazing, because it would COMPLETELY p*** off the left, but I’m thinking it’ll be Mattis. Duncan Hunter is my dark horse pick for the job.
NO. A loose cannon, IMO.
NO. A loose cannon, IMO.
Interesting. All I know is I did dream about this guy, and as the article states, he’d have no problem being confirmed.
I also like the fact he’s a writer. But you have a great point.
Webb said he’d back Trump over Hillary back in May. Reagan Dem who worked for Reagan.
Do you know anything in particular about him? I really know nothing except on his Twitter page and this article.
It is going to be Mad Dog Mattis.
Reagan correctly fired him from his job as Secretary of the Navy for incompetence. President Ronald Reagan wrote: “I don't think Navy was sorry to see him go.”
After that, Webb worked his way up in the corrupt Democrat Party.
In 2006, running for the Senate, Webb's operatives videotaped all of Republican opponent Allen’s speeches.
In on appearance, Allen was taunted into calling a Webb operative a “macaca”.
Webb, the Washington Post and the rest of the liberal media used this one incident to dishonestly attack Allen.
In the same campaign, Webb falsely claimed to be endorsed by Reagan who had fired him. Webb released a television advertisement, which included footage of a 1985 speech by Ronald Reagan that praised Webb's service as a Marine. The next day, the Chief of Staff for the Reagan Library wrote Webb's campaign on behalf of former first lady Nancy Reagan, urging them not to air the advertisement saying it was neither fair nor respectful because it gave the impression of an endorsement. The Webb campaign continued to run the dishonest ad.
Webb pretends to be patriotic and pro military when it suits his purpose.
Webb endorsed John Kerry in 2004. Like Kerry, Webb dishonestly plays on his military experience.
Webb tried to run for president as a Democrat in 2016. He failed miserably and quickly dropped out. He was probably just trying to become Clinton's VP nominee.
Trump should have nothing to do with this lying slime ball.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Running as a candidate in the democrat primary is a career limiting lapse of judgement if you ask me.
Okay, thank you for the information. If Reagan fired him and it wasn’t some sort of GOPe HW Bush set-up, that’s settles it. I vaguely remember the videotaping of Allen (actually here on FR)
Here, Jack Posobiec, this guy at Citizens4Trump, who apparently got the Paul Ryan coup on Trump correct: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/explosive-revelation-gop-coup-attempt-jack-posobiec-yourvoice-radio-video/
This guy Posobiec is saying everywhere that Webb is a good idea for SECDEF.
NO!!!! He’s insane!!! How could anyone SANE be a DEMOCRAT today?
He’s reportedly switching to Independent. And backed Trump months ago.
But Freepers here are very convincing...
Tough...Republican, Democrat. Independent.....he’s a reed in the wind.....not stable enough.
This article shows how out of touch & irrelevant CBS news has become. Webb is a dead political entity who couldn’t win a dog catcher race. Mattis has the job.
Webb is not reliable personality wise. Too unpredictable in his political positions.
His military service was extensive and brave, but his political service and ideas have been eratic/not consistent.
This is no time to bring in someone like that. The next few years are going to be key to the survival of America with the rising Russian and Red Chinese, Iran and No. Korean threats.
We need a George S. Patton, not a Dick Patten.
Dick Van Patten for Secretary of Defense and Dick Van Dyke for Secretary of State?
We’re looking for a few good Dick Vans.
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