Reply #90: IF I LIVED IN VA. I'D BE WORKING MY ASS OFF FOR HIM. read this... [View All]

Even though my funds are limited, I'm giving $25. to him as well. He even looks Irish and my great granny came over on the boat!

James Webb estimates that he has published more than 2 million words in his prolific life as a journalist, essayist and author, but there are two that he wrote that may best describe the man himself: Born fighting.

James Webb estimates that he has published more than 2 million words in his prolific life as a journalist, essayist and author, but there are two that he wrote that may best describe the man himself: Born fighting. Not fighting for you , as politicians always like to describe themselves. Just plain fighting.

"Born Fighting" is the title that Webb gave his somewhat romantic history of his fellow Scots-Irish and how they have fought in the United States' wars and defined its populist form of democracy. It is the slogan he has appropriated -- to the chagrin of some Democrats who don't think it sets the right tone -- for his unorthodox Democratic primary campaign for the U.S. Senate from Virginia.

He is asking primary voters on Tuesday to overlook his Republican past and some policy positions that put him at odds with the catechism of his new party. He presents himself not as the man who best represents the Virginia Democratic Party but as the man most likely to change it.