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Quick Observation

Im out and about this evening, engaged in the worst of all consumer tasks - Buying a car. We stop mid evening to eat a Mexican restaurant. On the TeeVee is Larry King, and James Webb is on the screen.

After watching him for 15 minutes, it suddenly hits me:

"Democrats won the election this year because their Republicans were better than our Republicans".

I gotta tell ya, I didnt pay much attention to him one way or the other, I'm not in Virginia and frankly the worst way to get to know anyone is during a political campaign, I wasn't aware of his background beyond "Senatorial candidate" but I like what I see. I can't understand how the election in Virginia was even close. If this cat had already been a Senator for one term and managed to not do anything embarrasing yet, I cant imagine how 'Her Exhaulted Majesty' would stand a chance in 2008.

Webb vs. McCain? McCain who?

Time will tell. Congress is the anvil on which Men's souls are tested. Most men fail that test, occasionally, every once in awile, someone comes along to screw up the class curve. Webb just might be that guy.

Democrats - the far left, anti-war, blame America first, give peace a chance Democrats - have much, much more to worry about from Senator Webb than they do from what's left of the Republican Party.

Maybe that explains why I've been in such an inexplicably good mood since Tuesday.

Posted @ November 09, 2006 08:34 PM

Comments

If you haven't read Webb's book "Born Fighting" yet, you ought to. I think he "gets" America, unlike some in his party I could mention.

Posted by: Tim McGaha at November 10, 2006 05:53 AM

Webb´s argument against invading Iraq, made in 2002, is certainly one of the best I´ve read because he is clearly not a naive bleeding heart appeaser:

http://www.jameswebb.com/articles/washpost/headingfortrouble.htm

I have to admit, he does sound prescient. I still don´t agree with his emphasis on multilaterism. With regard to Iraq, most "allies" had nothing to offer except cheap advice. I am convinced of that more than ever.

Posted by: wf at November 10, 2006 05:54 AM

Best line I read that seems to sum the election up nicely..."The Republicans lost and the Democrats won for the same reason -- they distanced themselves from their base. "

Posted by: Rumbear at November 10, 2006 09:56 AM