tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post1268312110832850326..comments2024-03-27T17:27:49.087-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: So, former US Sen Jim Webb...Problem?Vixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-51269430172275482972015-07-13T21:49:49.883-04:002015-07-13T21:49:49.883-04:00Webb has precisely zero chance of getting the Nomi...Webb has precisely zero chance of getting the Nomination. Just as Sanders can energize the Left Wing of the Democratic party at the expense of the center, Webb can energize the Right Wing of the Democratic Party at the expense of the base. So yeah - if he has something useful to say on foreign policy or veterans affairs, his voice will be welcome in the campaign, just as Sanders voice on economics and social justice is welcome. The nominee will be Hillary Clinton (barring health issues or the like), so unless you just really like pretending there's an exciting horse race underway, meh, wake me next August when things get interesting. THAT'S when the Jeb! vs. Hillary story will get compelling.<br /><br />In the meantime, Jim Webb's first novel, 'Fields of Fire' is just incredible. Nothing I can say here can truly convey how powerful and intimate it is. If you want to know what it was like to be a Marine in a rifle company in Vietnam in 1969, you'll never do any better than that book. If you haven't read it, along with Larry Heinemann's 'Close Quarters' and Karl Marlantes's 'Matterhorn', you really owe it to yourself to go back and get them...<br />mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-8241066251139864002015-07-13T20:23:16.616-04:002015-07-13T20:23:16.616-04:00At some point, his positions looks awfully strateg...At some point, his positions looks awfully strategic, which is exactly which his pose implies his position should not be--authenticitude! It starts to look like he picked a berth on the SS Democrat for the wrong reasons.Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-61800405332343978432015-07-13T20:10:37.026-04:002015-07-13T20:10:37.026-04:00Given his history as Marine lieutentant, Reagan ca...Given his history as Marine lieutentant, Reagan cabinet appointee, and 2000 campaigner for George Allen in Virginia before he finally settled down into the Democrats in 2006, he's going to have to do a lot more than make some anti-war noises before I'll look at him. In the <a rel="nofollow">2004 op-ed</a> where he accused George W. Bush of committing "the greatest strategic blunder in modern memory" he <i>still</i> couldn't bring himself to endorse Kerry for president because of Kerry's Winter Soldier work after he came home from Vietnam. And you don't need a white male Virginian president to get medical care to Appalachian white people in Virginia, you just need <a href="http://fcnp.com/2015/03/23/mcauliffe-im-optimistic-lawmakers-will-ok-medicaid-expansion-next-year/" rel="nofollow">Democrats in the state legislature</a> to back the Medicaid expansion that is part of the ACA. Which will help a lot of black people too, though Webb doesn't seem to think that's of interest. Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.com