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| 2006-05-29 | |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 Oldspook, if I recall correctly, Webb only recently declared himself a Democrat. And I think he'll have a very rocky road as a member of that party. You think the Kossacks, DUniks and other denizens of the "nutroots" are hard on Lieberman? Just wait until Webb gets nominated, or actually elected. The only reason John Effin' Kerry became acceptable as a Democrat was because he (1) did his bit to aid the Communist cause in Vietnam with his "peace movement" activities, and (2) spent over 20 years as a congressman and senator running away from his combat record. Webb's both an authentic and an unapologetic Vietnam war hero, so the Democrats' fifth-column base will declare him anathema. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2006-05-29 21:29 |
| #9 Gee, OS, you're practically family! That area's southwest of where I grew up, but I had relatives in Bristol who we visited on occasion, and my brother went to VPI (Blacksburg). Things were different then, weren't they? Or maybe they were the same and we just didn't notice.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-29 15:42 |
| #8 OOps - left out Pikeville! (SOme ditant relative might be reading this and know who I am -and would "wring my neck" for leaving out that town). |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-05-29 11:20 |
| #7 Town names jsut in case someone is curious Blacksburg, Radford, Wytheville, Abingdon, Bristol, Galax, Mt AIry, Pilot Mountain, Booneville, Wilksboro, Indeependance, Tazwell, Davy, Yaeger, Williamson, Matewan, Grundy, Whitesburg, Tazwell. I remember beign stuff in the car and driving those places on the weekend. Us kids got the yard to play in with out cousins, while the adults stayed in the house or one the porch "visiting". Usually there were also visits to graveyards nearby with relatives who died in some war or other, going back tothe civil awr in a few cases, Spanish American war, plains indians, WW1. Most of them now host the WW2 veterans that we were visiting - uncles, great uncles, 2nd cousins, etc. A few are starting to fill with the Vietnam generation. And there are a couple I've been to that are from the Cold-War/GW-1 generation (not caused by it, just served in it), and even 2 from Iraq and Afghanistan. Somy roots are as deep as Mr Webbs, and likely about as much of my family's blood is in it as his. Explains why I'm a former Dem - and why he's a Dem still: most of my relatives his age and older simply cannot bringthemselves to become Republicans even though they vote that way and thats where their true principles are anymore, things like strong defense, fair taxes, pro-life. Chalk it up to strong stubborn streak the Scots-Irish have (especially with a Dutch and Cherokee streak in it) |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-05-29 11:18 |
| #6 He's stuck in the No More Vietnams loop, and can't see the difference between then and now. His opposition to downsizing the Navy is part and parcel with his view that only largescale force-on-force wars are justified or what we should engage in. Sorry, but the Islamacists aren't going to give us that luxury. I respect Webb's service, but he is deeply and destructively wrong on this one. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-29 11:15 |
| #5 Exactly. Mr Webb will be stuffed by the Dems. I think he's cutting off his nose to spite his face. Something the Scots-Irish have made a habit of. FYI, I loved Born Fighting. I grew up just NE of Galax VA, and parts of both sides of my family have relatives scattered throughout se-WV ne-TN nw-NC e-KY sw-VA areas he writes about. I know those places he writes about becasue I've been to most of them visiting relatives or funerals and family reunions. But much as I love him, he's wrong - wrong party, and wrong on Iraq. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-05-29 10:59 |
| #4 Why run against Allen, Steve? He'd be better to run against Warner when he comes up for re-election. Oh, wait - they're saving that for Mark Warner in case he doesn't get the presidency.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-29 10:47 |
| #3 Fields of Fire is great. A Country Such as This truly captures the ebb and flow of life in rural America. Born Fighting educated me far more about my ancestry (Scots-Irish back to the 1630s) than any other book I've read. Why a Dem? I think he's really frustrated with GWB and he saw running as a Dem as his only shot to say so. He reminds me (this is from BF) of a Scots-Irish warrior chieftain, for whom honor and loyalty are paramount. This is the man who resigned rather than sign-off on downsizing the Navy, remember. He views Iraq as the wrong war to be fighting. I disagree with him, but he's one of the few in the opposition who can make his point sensibly. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-05-29 10:28 |
| #2 "Fields Of Fire" is one of my fave fictional books on 'nam. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-05-29 01:31 |
| #1 My only quesiton to Mr Webb: Why a dem? They're not going to let him win. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-05-29 01:16 |