PrairiePundit

Washington Post: People are criticizing my dad, Jim Webb, for killing a man. Here’s what they’re missing. The younger Jim Webb weighs in on his father's remarks in the Democratic debate. I think he made a mistake to run as a Democrat, but that does not take away from his courage in Vietnam.  He was probably the smartest person on the stage at the Democrat debate.  It tells you how out of touch that party is with national security issues that they do not honor his service.

James Oliphant takes up the liberal fantasy of a liberal war hero to save Obama's peace ticket. I am not sure Webb would go for that and having two freshmen senators on the ticket does not scream EXPERIENCE. Another problem with this fantasy is that it ignores Webb's weakness as a candidate, He barely won the Virginia senate seat with the extraordinary assistance of the Macca media which played and replayed a statement by his opponent that should have been of only minor significance. Even with all that help, Webb only won by about 500 votes. The guy has a prickley personality and was not a particular good campaigner. Liberals like him because he is a former Marine who is against the war in Iraq. Recent history has demonstrated that since being elected he has been mostly wrong about Iraq and particularly the surge. He has engaged in several attempts to insure our defeat while we were winning in Iraq. I think he would be a terrible choice. The guy has written some very go...