dirt on Webb

[AuH2O]

On the other hand, Webb is so dead in the water that the oppo researchers might not even bother.

I wouldn't be too sure about that yet.  If the Allen campaign didn't take him seriously, why would they have started airing commercials already?  It's kinda early to start running television spots.  I've been working in Webb's Northern Virginia campaign headquarters.  Webb still has a fighting chance, and if he continues to conduct a strong grassroots effort in the Northern Virginia, Richmond, the Shenandoah Valley, and the Hampton Roads area, he should be able to make this race very close.

I respect that you stand up for your guy. BUT: no candidate facing this kind of money deficit has ever won. Allen is fairly high profile in DC and the fact he at least appears to have influence makes him a lock for reelection. Virginia tends to vote in a self-interested way, rather than an ideological or partisan way.

[WalterMitty]

just curious, did webb write some things back in the 70s that were extremely critical of women serving in the military?

[NewFederalist]

just curious, did webb write some things back in the 70s that were extremely critical of women serving in the military?

My take on AuH2O's comment was that it is more scandalous than that.

[AuH2O]

Well Webb was a Republican. That's not a scandal. But I don't think mitty was referring to the thread topic, his question was separate.

So far as the former, it's just your basic personal things that usually come out in campaigns. Think Rudy Guiliani. But in this case, there may be so little interest that it either takes a while or is successfully suppressed.

[Sam Spade]

I still have no idea as to what this thread is about, so that.

Seems to me like Webb's only much problem presently is that he can't seem to raise any funds.  His July fundraising report was the least impressive of any serious Senate candidate I saw.

[Virginian87]

just curious, did webb write some things back in the 70s that were extremely critical of women serving in the military?

Yes, he did.  It was simply called "Women Can't Fight".  He has since apolgized. 

Webb campaign strategist Steve Jarding has said the position Webb took on women in combat was common throughout the military in the 1970s and 1980s.

"If you follow through on when he was Navy secretary, his record of appointing women to high-level positions at the Department of the Navy was unprecedented," Jarding said.

[??????????]

Webb appears to be a silly populist..NOT what VA needs.

Your right... Virginia needs more people who show pictures of defeated traitorous confederate armies telling them how to win.

(with tounge firmly planted in cheek)

    "To tar the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier as simple acts of racism, and reduce the battle flag under which he fought to nothing more than the symbol of a racist heritage, is one of the great blasphemies of our modern age."

~ James Webb, former U.S. Navy Secretary

[Nym90]

Webb appears to be a silly populist..NOT what VA needs.

Your right... Virginia needs more people who show pictures of defeated traitorous confederate armies telling them how to win.

(with tounge firmly planted in cheek)

    "To tar the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier as simple acts of racism, and reduce the battle flag under which he fought to nothing more than the symbol of a racist heritage, is one of the great blasphemies of our modern age."

~ James Webb, former U.S. Navy Secretary

So I assume you are supporting Webb?

Based on the hints Goldwater has dropped here, it seems likely the revelation will be of an affair of some sort. That would hardly be news for a politician, of course. Guiliani's hardly seems to have tarnished him.

[Virginian87]

Webb appears to be a silly populist..NOT what VA needs.

Your right... Virginia needs more people who show pictures of defeated traitorous confederate armies telling them how to win.

(with tounge firmly planted in cheek)

    "To tar the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier as simple acts of racism, and reduce the battle flag under which he fought to nothing more than the symbol of a racist heritage, is one of the great blasphemies of our modern age."

~ James Webb, former U.S. Navy Secretary

Excellent quote, States!  It's very true that the memory of the Confederacy has been unjustly reduced to being racist when it was a struggle by the South to resist the overpowering influence of the federal government.This is another reason I like Webb as a candidate -he resists the constant submission to "political correctness" that some in the Democratic Party believe should be mandatory.

[opebo]

Webb appears to be a silly populist..NOT what VA needs.

Your right... Virginia needs more people who show pictures of defeated traitorous confederate armies telling them how to win.

(with tounge firmly planted in cheek)

    "To tar the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier as simple acts of racism, and reduce the battle flag under which he fought to nothing more than the symbol of a racist heritage, is one of the great blasphemies of our modern age."

~ James Webb, former U.S. Navy Secretary

Excellent quote, States!  It's very true that the memory of the Confederacy has been unjustly reduced to being racist when it was a struggle by the South to resist the overpowering influence of the federal government.

That's ridiculous Senator Virgin. - the purpose of their struggle against the 'overpowering influence of the federal government' was to preserve their power to implement racism.

[AuH2O]

It's still true even if it didn't come out in the campaign.

[Stranger in a strange land]

But Allen has had marital troubles in the past as well.

[AuH2O]

That could be a reason Allen didn't go after Webb on his infidelities. Also it could be that Allen didn't have enough corroboration, Webb family members I spoke to weren't going to say anything (but others knew as well and I thought a Republican somewhere would talk).

If Allen was a Democrat and Webb a Republican, though, Webb would have been hit for a lot more than he has been.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

It's still true even if it didn't come out in the campaign.

LOL

[Defarge]

lol, stumbled on this thread while just surfing.  Allen's campaign was simply the best in the election cycle, no doubt about it

[Deano963]

This thread is golden, if just for all the quotes about how weak a candidate Jim Webb is.

[Gabu]

It's still true even if it didn't come out in the campaign.

As true as Webb being dead in the water?

That's another wrong prediction by you, by the way.  Might want to work on actually getting some correct ones so you can actually, you know... not be lying through your teeth when you claim that 90% of your predictions come true.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

it really doesny matter.

allen will win by 10 points.

 

I would love to turn you into another MyPalFish for this prediction.

[JSojourner]

I probably shouldn't be posting this, but I heard from a 100% accurate source that Webb has some personal issues from the past that will come out at some point, and probably hurt him a little. After all, Virginia is still a relatively conservative state... marital issues won't help him since he already has a tough hill to climb.

I figured I could mention it here since no one would actually believe it, but then when it comes out I can brag about it a little. Though maybe I would have to be more specific first, which I'm a tad wary to do. Suffice it to say the last name of the source is "Webb."

I'm just creating this thread now so I can point to it later.

This reminds me of the posts on various baseball boards I visit.  There's always some poster with "inside information" about the latest trade, callup or free agent signing. 

Usually, they know someone inside the organization.  Like the cotton candy salesman.  Or the General manager's paperboy's barber.

[Nym90]

Maybe they are saving this "information" to use against him in his 2012 reelection campaign.

[GOP = Terrorists]

This is a great thread!

[Ebowed]

Bump for laughs.

[Nym90]

This should definitely be up there with the mypalfish thread.

[Boris]

How come AuH20 doesn't post here anymore?

[Democratic Hawk]

How come AuH20 doesn't post here anymore?

Maybe he got a bit tired of making bumbling predictions . Either that or the flack he got for doing so

Dave