Sen Jim Webb's Media Schedule Over the Next Few Days: (Obama's VP?)

I just received this email from Sen Webb's Pac:

Dear mod mom,

Over the next several days, Senator Jim Webb will appear on a number of TV and radio programs discussing the critical issues facing our nation.

Sunday, May 18: Meet the Press (NBC)
Monday, May 19: CBS Early Morning
Monday, May 19: Fresh Air (NPR)
Monday, May 19: Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Tuesday, May 20: Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC)
Tuesday, May 20: Lou Dobbs (CNN)

Check your local listings for the airtime and station broadcasting each show. We hope you can tune in.

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COULD THIS BE OUR VP CANDIDATE? I BELIEVE HE WOULD COMPLIMENT SEN OBAMA IMMENSELY!

And I think he'd be an awful VP choice, personally.

:)

Tim Kaine might be a good choice.

I've said for months that the only good Senators to put on the ticket were Obama and Clinton.

from a possible swing state, has given strong speeches on policy (think Kyl -Lieberman), is a former Republican that is respected by many independents. I believe he would be a wonderful choice.

a history of sexism, and some VERY sensational passages in his books.

He's a recent Republican who won his seat in a squeaker against an opponent who imploded just before the election.

I don't see being against the war as the end-all and be-all of what we need in a candidate. He won't play any role in ending the war as VP.

Although a longtime resident of Virginia (as I am of Texas),
Jim Webb is not a southerner. I like him plenty, but would
rather see him continue in the Senate or become Secretary of
Defense. Wes Clark could fill the gap left by Al Gore that
would shore up our damaged relations with the rest of the world.
Many leaders and military types around the world know and respect
Clark. He would give us a head start in paving the way for smoother
relations between the new president and world leaders. He also is
very smart and has a vast knowledge of more subjects that most
schools offer in their curriculum. I. e. he can talk to leaders
of other countries on their level about things they care about.
He has a resumé of credentials that could make the Republican
spin computer show a permanent blue screen.

he's a career soldier. Also, he said some disparaging things about the prospect of Obama as commander in chief.

You'd have to help me out there, I'd be interested in hearing what he said.

On the other hand, I know the man somewhat, and he is MUCH more than a career soldier.
The last time I saw him, we were discussing the chances of Bush attacking Iran, and some
teenager politely asked to interrupt and ask a question on molecular biology. We said
sure, and Wes discussed the molecular biology question in detail and to the kid's
satisfaction, and then turned back to me and continued on Iran without skipping a beat.


Plus, he'd completely blunt Republican propaganda about the ticket being devoid of any
military experience at all, since Clark has just as many personal heroics as McBush,
plus the experience of the world level rank he held, both in the USA and over here in
NATO-land. He'd be a trooper for any administration he served, and even if he has been
a Hillary supporter up to now, he'd be a loyal asset to Obama if they were to become
President and VP. He has the brains to match his former rank, too. There are not too
many Rhodes Scholars in the US military. I think he'd be an asset to any Democratic
ticket, no matter who heads it. There are other choices, of course, all with some kind
of drawback, but we need a choice with broad appeal to groups to whom the Presidential
nominee will not necessarily appeal to. I think Wes fits the bill, realizing that there
may well be others. I'm sure Obama and his team are giving plenty of people some serious
consideration. I think he would do well to have Wes be on the list, that's all.

I'm not saying that's all there is to him (being a career soldier), just that I don't want career militarists as VP.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4959434

If here were picked it wouldn't make me :puke: But there are some candidates I think are better.

mil·i·ta·rism (ml-t-rzm)
n.
1. Glorification of the ideals of a professional military class.
2. Predominance of the armed forces in the administration or policy of the state.
3. A policy in which military preparedness is of primary importance to a state.

That's not Wes Clark. Have you ever met him or talked to him? There may be other
people you prefer to see as our VP candidate, and that's perfectly OK, but to
denounce Wes Clark as a militarist just because he was a career soldier makes as
much sense as calling Dick Cheney a pacifist because he never served in the military.

I don't have any strong opinions except that there are a few other candidates I think would be better.

edit: I should have used the phrase "career military man" instead of militarist. I didn't know that "militarist" had that connotation.

Webb would be a perfect electoral compliment to Barack.

that the people who go apeshit over Clinton being a Goldwater girl in the 60s support people like Jim Webb, Sam Nunn or even Chuck Hagel.

Goldwater girl? - just because some idiot brings it up doesn't mean that it is a widely held opinion.

Clark would be fine with me.

He has a very loyal backing, I don't really understand it but he must have a very strong impression on people in person because people who had even a marginal contact with him 4 years ago still love the man.

Of course when Obama followers demonstrates that kind of loyalty its called a cult.

:sarcasm:
Edited to add sarcasm tag.

More power to him.

the GI bill he coauthored with Hagel will be discussed in the Senate next week I think, he may be pushing that as well.

but I don't have a clue how he is on social issues.
I certainly wouldn't want a 'social conservative' as VP

One of my favorite Jim Webb quotes is that the government should stop at your door regarding
1. How you pray
2. Who you love
3. Whether or not you have guns.

It's a different way of putting the pieces together - pro freedom of religion along with tolerance and seeing a need for guns to defend yourself from your government.

He can help Barack win, if he wants to be part of this.

In his autobiography and cultural history of the Scots Irish, Jim Webb writes of their shared economic oppression by the white upper class power structure in this country. He notes that if the African American and Scots Irish ever realized their common interests and that they were being set upon each other to the benefit of the white upper class and if they could come together, they could change this country.

Sounds like Obama/Webb to me.

That sounds fine to me!
Thanks for the info!
:applause:

Robert Siegel asked him about being VP; he responded that he's really not interested because he feels he's more influential in the Senate. He wants to be like a senator like Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

Here's the link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90534263

I think there are much more qualified people than him.

A Democratic ticket cannot win without a moderate Southerner, period. Webb has the goods on the war, and my eternal respect for standing up to Bush in person (the "how's your son?" incident).

He's not perfect - I hold many of his votes in question, such as the wiretapping extension and so forth - but if I want that kind of purity, I will just write in myself next time.

Yes, he was also Reagan's Navy Secretary during the final year and a half of that regime. He resigned when he wouldn't go along with the fleet cuts the admin wanted. Webb knew that Reagan was all about building up weapons - especially the SDI boondoggle - and cared not for personnel or infrastructure. He is certainly a more authentic Democrat than Lieberman.

1. We need him in the Senate as he is accomplishing a great deal on issues related to the war.
2. He does not offer much in the arena of domestic politics.

position on women in the military.

There are other issues, but I don't that is one of them any more.
McCain, Giuliani, Gingrich, Bill Bennett, all those Republican
members of Congress who have had affairs, divorces, hooker incidents,
they are hardly in a position to blast a Democrat on "family values"
after all of their own little incidents. One MAJOR thing to remember:
Republicans like Gingrich and Giuliani had bitter separations, whereas
Jim Webb's second wife, at least (I never met his first one) supports
him enthusiastically. But I agree that we are better off with him in
the Senate and someone with a bit more long-term national stature on
the ticket to round out Obama's relatively recent arrival on the national
scene. It's a lot of PR consideration as opposed to real issues, but in
this TV age, it can't be dismissed as a non-issue (unfortunately).