That's the Word from WTOP. Speculation Is Running Wild. Dropping out of Presidential Race? I Say he's changing Parties. To the GOP, and Later will run for President as a GOP candidate, thanks to positive reviews by conservatives on Fairfax Underground . Hillary You Are Toast!

I can't believe he is only polling at 3%. He is the only Dem running who isn't a complete clown.

He's just quiting. This is the one thing Jim Webb is good at.

I thought he was kind of stiff at the Dem Debate.. Off a bit. But he probably was pissed off after finding out the Debate was a sham, to Put Hillary up as "The Greatest" Socialist of All Time .

It was surely Rigged, Like a Kim Jung Un Parade of the "Great Leader"

CNN.. What would any one with a brain expect??

Politics is too difficult for Jim.

If Jim Webb does declare as a GOP candidate, We wont have Jeb around anymore.. He will Disappear Like a Rabbit! .."Excuse Me.. Excuse Me..Amnesty for Illegals.. Excuse Me.".

And The Donald will be gone too.. If he disses Jim Webb's military career in the USMC in Vietnam...Navy Cross .Silver Star . Purple Heart..

Sorry Donald .. Now You straighten up a bit here! Don't be dissing the real Hero's of the nation. Our Military vets.

DAJAX

Here comes President Kill again

>Here comes President Kill again

You best read Jim Webbs Navy Cross citation.

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=4226

Note this part :. "Deploying his men into defensive positions, First Lieutenant Webb was advancing to the first bunker when three enemy soldiers armed with hand grenades jumped out. Reacting instantly, he grabbed the closest man and, brandishing his .45 caliber pistol at the others, apprehended all three of the soldiers."

Read .. He did not kill these enemy solders. He took them prisoner. Saving their lives as well as other Marines.

Jim Webb is a man of Honor and Valor.

DAJAX

He's going to run as an independent. If that hurts the GOP or Dems is anyone's guess. I guess that depends on the nominee of each party. He could definitely have an impact in Virginia which is likely to be crucial to both parties.

Perhaps he will be announcing that he will run as Jane Webb (LGBT), after sexual reassignment surgery.

What a hero she will be to voters of all ages.

The problem with Webb is that he doesn't hate America, truth, guns, or freedom. He just doesn't fit as a democrat!

Diehard Lib Wrote:
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> The problem with Webb is that he doesn't hate
> America, truth, guns, or freedom. He just doesn't
> fit as a democrat!


Are you ready?

Rick Noriega, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas -- joined the U.S. Army in 1979; currently Lt. Colonel in Texas Army National Guard, served in Afghanistan. (1)
Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) -- rifle platoon and company commander with the Fifth Marine Regiment in the An Hoa Basin west of Danang; was awarded the Navy Cross, the Silver Star Medal, two Bronze Star Medals, and two Purple Hearts. (1)
Representative Tim Walz, D-MN - Twenty-four years of service in the Army National Guard, retiring in 2005.
Representative Joe Sestak, D-PA - 31 years of service in the Navy, rising to the rank of Vice Admiral.
Representative Chris Carney, D-PA - Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve, Carney served multiple tours overseas and was activated for Operation Enduring Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Southern Watch.
Representative Patrick Murphy, D-PA - extensive career in the U.S. Army from 1993-2004; earned Bronze Star and Presidential Unit Citation.
Representative Phil Hare, D-IL - Served in the United States Army Reserve for six years.

Representative Jack Murtha (D-PA) - distinguished 37-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts, retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a colonel in 1990. (1)
Former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt - Missouri Air National Guard, 1965-71. (1, 2)
Representative David Bonior - Staff Sgt., United States Air Force 1968-72 (1, 2)
Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle - 1st Lt., U.S. Air Force SAC 1969-72 (1, 2)
Former Vice President Al Gore - enlisted August 1969; sent to Vietnam January 1971 as an army journalist, assigned to the 20th Engineer Brigade headquartered at Bien Hoa, an airbase twenty miles northeast of Saigon. More facts about Gore's Service

Former Senator Bob Kerrey... Democrat... Lt. j.g., U.S. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam (1, 2)
Senator Daniel Inouye, US Army 1943-'47; Medal of Honor, World War Two (1, 2)
Senator John Kerry, Lt., U.S. Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, and three awards of the Purple Heart for his service in combat (1)
Representative Charles Rangel, Staff Sgt., U.S. Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea (1, 2)
Former Senator Max Cleland, Captain, U.S. Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam (1, 2)

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) - U.S. Army Reserve, 1968-1975.
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) - U.S. Army, 1951-1953. (1)
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) - Lt., U.S. Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74. (1, 2)
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) - U.S. Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91 (1)
Former Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) - served as a U.S. Army officer in World War II, receiving the Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons. (1)

Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA) - Lt. Col., U.S. Army 1956-76; two tours in Vietnam, two Distinguished Flying Crosses as a helicopter pilot, two Bronze Stars, and the Soldier's Medal. (1, 2)
Former Representative "Pete" Peterson, Air Force Captain, POW, Ambassador to Viet Nam, and recipient of the Purple Heart, the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit. (1, 2)
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-CA: Staff sergeant/platoon leader with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, U.S. Army; was wounded and received a Purple Heart. (1, 2)
Bill McBride, Democratic Candidate for Florida Governor - volunteered and served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam; awarded Bronze Star with a combat "V." (1)
Gray Davis, former California Governor, Army Captain in Vietnam; received Bronze Star. (1)
Pete Stark, D-CA, served in the Air Force 1955-57
Wesley Clark, Democratic Presidential Candidate - 38-year career of public service in the Army, culminating as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

Representative Patrick McHenry, R-NC - did not serve. Saw fit to endanger American troops' lives after a visit to Iraq by violating operational security and helping militias target their mortar attacks on the Green Zone.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY - did not serve (1)
Senate Assistant Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-MI - avoided the draft, did not serve.
Senate Republican Conference Chairman Jon Kyl, R-AZ - did not serve.
Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair John Cornyn, R-TX - did not serve.
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Ensign, R-NV - did not serve.

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH - did not serve.
House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-MO - did not serve.
House Republican Conerence Chair Adam Putnam, R-FL - did not serve.
House Republican Policy Committee Thaddeus McCotter, R-MI - did not serve.
National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Cole, R-OK - did not serve.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani - did not serve.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney - did not serve in the military but did serve the Mormon Church on a 30-month mission to France.
Former Senator Fred Thompson - did not serve.
Senator John McCain - McCain's naval honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. Why did the Bush campaign smear him so in 2000? At least Senators Cleland (D-GA), Kerry (D-MA), Kerrey (D-NE), Robb (D-VA) and Hagel (R-NE) defended him.


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Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert - avoided the draft, did not serve.
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey - avoided the draft, did not serve.
Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay - avoided the draft, did not serve (1). "So many minority youths had volunteered ... that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself."
Former House Majority Whip Roy Blunt - did not serve
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist - did not serve. (An impressive medical resume, but not such a friend to cats in Boston.)
Rick Santorum, R-PA, formerly third ranking Republican in the Senate - did not serve. (1)
George Felix Allen, former Republican Senator from Virginia - a supporter of Nixon and the Vietnam war, did not serve. (1)


Former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld - served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as an aviator and flight instructor. (1) Served as President Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East and met with Saddam Hussein twice in 1983 and 1984.

Chuck Robb, US Senator from Virginia, served in Vietnam
Howell Heflin... Democrat... Silver Star
George McGovern, famous liberal, awarded Silver Star & DFC, dozens of missions during WWII.
Former President Bill Clinton - avoided the draft through student deferments; in the autumn of 1969, Clinton entered the draft but received a high number (311) and was never called to serve. (CNN article.) "...it was his doubts about the morality of the war and the Selective Service system that led him to abandon the ROTC idea and to subject himself to a draft lottery. Only the luck of the draw - a high lottery number - kept him out. " (Jeff Greenfield, ABC News, quoting Gov. Clinton.)
Former President Jimmy Carter, most recent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, seven years in the Navy. "Except for his fellow service-academy graduate Dwight Eisenhower, no President of the twentieth century spent more years in uniform than Carter." (New Yorker Magazine)
Former Presidential Nominee Mike Dukakis - United States Army, 1955-'57 (1)
Former Senator/Vice Presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen - B-24 pilot in WWII 1942-'45, Squadron Commander; earned Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. (1)
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, U.S. Army 1951-1953
Former Senator John Glenn, D-OH (1974-1999) - Served in WWII and Korea; extensive military commendations include the Distinguished Flying Cross on six occasions, and the Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
Congressman Tom Lantos, D-CA - Did not serve in the US military; did serve in the Hungarian anti-Nazi underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg, is the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress.
Representative Bud Cramer (D-AL) - joined the Army as a tank officer in 1972; served at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and continued military service as a member of the Army Reserve from 1976 to 1978. (link)

But we found them.....


Senator Richard Shelby, did not serve (1)
Senator Jon Kyl, R-AZ - did not serve (1, 2)
Senator John Cornyn, R-TX - did not serve. (1)
Senator Tim Hutchison, R-AR - did not serve (1, 2)
Rep. Christopher Cox, R-CA, (formerly) fifth-ranking Republican in the House - did not serve. (1)
Rep. John T. Doolittle, R-CA, sixth-ranking Republican in the House - did not serve.
Rep. Mark Kirk, R-IL -- his website claimed he served in Operation Iraqi Freedom; in reality, he had to correct the record.
Representative Saxby Chambliss, Georgia - did not serve (1, 2), had a "bad knee" (yet somehow feels he has a right to attack Max Cleland's patriotism)
Rep. Randy Kuhl, R-NY - Did not serve. (1)
Former Representative JC Watts - did not serve (1, 2)
Jack Kemp, did not serve (1, 2) (was unfit because of a knee injury, though he heroically continued as a National Football League quarterback for another eight years - source)
Former Vice President Dan Quayle, avoided Vietnam service, got a slot in the journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard when the unit was at 150% capacity (at least he showed up for his duty, unlike GW) (1, 2)
Eliot Abrams, did not serve (1, 2) (however, played a key role in subverting democracy in South America)
Paul Wolfowitz, did not serve (1, 2)
Former Representative Vin Weber, did not serve (1, 2)
Richard Perle, did not serve (1, 2) (is the current bloodshed in the Middle East a direct result of his treasonous meddling in Clinton Administrstion foreign policy?)
Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy - did not serve. (1)
Michael Bloomberg, did not serve (1, 2)
George Pataki, did not serve (1, 2)
Spencer Abraham, did not serve
John Engler, did not serve (1, 2)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) - website used to claim service as a "Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm veteran." A current biographical website makes no such claim. In reality, was a National Guard lawyer who never left South Carolina during the Gulf War.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA, did not serve (1)
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA/49th, there were some problems with his service.
Rep. John M. McHugh, R-NY - avoided the draft, did not serve (1)
Rep. Todd Platts, R-PA - did not serve (1)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, CA Republican Governor - went AWOL from his Austrian army base to enter a bodybuilding competition
Senator Joe Lieberman - did not serve.

Umm, Howell Heflin was staunchly opposed to abortion and any form of gun control. Does that sound liberal to you? You also mentioned Jim Webb who is the topic of this thread. He appears to be ready to bolt the Democratic Party. Then, you hava a bunch of retired and dead politicians. You have very few active politicians in which to make your point.

George Will, did not serve
Chris Matthews, Mediawhore, did not serve. (However, apparently served in the Peace Corps.)
Bill O'Reilly, did not serve
Paul Gigot, did not serve.
Bill Bennett, Did not serve
Pat Buchanan, did not serve
Rush Limbaugh, did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst' [see "The Rush Limbaugh Story" by Paul D. Colford, St. Martin's Press, 1993, Chapter 2: Beating the Draft.])
Michael Savage (aka Michael Alan Weiner) - did not serve, too busy chasing herbs and botany degrees in Hawaii and Fiji
John Wayne, did not serve
Pat Robertson - claimed during 1986 campaign to be a "combat veteran." In reality, was a "Liquor Officer."
Bill Kristol, did not serve
Sean Hannity, did not serve.
Kenneth Starr, did not serve
Antonin Scalia, did not serve
Clarence Thomas, did not serve
Ralph Reed, did not serve
Michael Medved, did not serve
Charlie Daniels, did not serve
Ted Nugent, did not serve
Country Singer Toby Keith, did not serve. (1)
Radio Host Phil Hendrie, did not serve.

in short, you fail Wrote:
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> Umm, Howell Heflin was staunchly opposed to
> abortion and any form of gun control. Does that
> sound liberal to you? You also mentioned Jim Webb
> who is the topic of this thread. He appears to be
> ready to bolt the Democratic Party. Then, you
> hava a bunch of retired and dead politicians. You
> have very few active politicians in which to make
> your point.


Failing is a word synonymous with the Republican Party.

New Lists later(with the living) Wrote:
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> in short, you fail Wrote:
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> > Umm, Howell Heflin was staunchly opposed to
> > abortion and any form of gun control. Does
> that
> > sound liberal to you? You also mentioned Jim
> Webb
> > who is the topic of this thread. He appears to
> be
> > ready to bolt the Democratic Party. Then, you
> > hava a bunch of retired and dead politicians.
> You
> > have very few active politicians in which to
> make
> > your point.
>
>
> Failing is a word synonymous with the Republican
> Party.

Wrong, dumbass! In our 118th unabridged New Dictionary, the word "failure" has obama's picture next to it.

The 114th Congress will be made up of 70 current members and 11 incoming members of the U.S. House of Representatives who have served or are serving in the U.S. military. Three of the incoming members are Democrats; the other seven are Republicans.

On the Senate side, three incoming members (two of whom are currently serving in the House) are serving or have served in the military — Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Gary Peters of Michigan and Joni Ernst of Iowa. Two Republicans and one Democrat.

And They sure don't match up with todays Democrats
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>Umm, Howell Heflin was staunchly opposed to abortion and any form of gun control. Does that sound liberal to you? You also mentioned Jim Webb who is the topic of this thread. He appears to be ready to bolt the Democratic Party. Then, you have a bunch of retired and dead politicians. You have very few active politicians in which to make your point.

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VERY TRUE ^^ Old Democrats were todays Conservitives in many ways.

Todays Democrats

Hillary
Bernie
The Kennedy Kids
Bill Ayers
Anglea Davis

The list is Very Very Long .

DAJAX

Those Heros Are Old School Wrote:
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> Old Democrats were todays Conservitives in many ways.

Not in any way, shape, or form.

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> > Old Democrats were todays Conservitives in many
> ways.
>
> Not in any way, shape, or form.


It does appear that some Democrats have lost their balls while the Republicans still haven't found theirs.

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> many
> > ways.
> >
> > Not in any way, shape, or form.
>
>
> It does appear that some Democrats have lost their
> balls while the Republicans still haven't found
> theirs.


balls for what, co-mingling?

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> > Those Heros Are Old School Wrote:
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> > > Old Democrats were todays Conservitives in
> many
> > ways.
> >
> > Not in any way, shape, or form.
>
>
> It does appear that some Democrats have lost their
> balls while the Republicans still haven't found
> theirs.

I would say other than name calling republicans don't seem to have balls on conservatives. That makes sense the majority of conservative ideas are unpopular. Why would any conservative candidate want to champion unpopular ideas. To look like loser and get voted out?

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> I can't believe he is only polling at 3%. He is
> the only Dem running who isn't a complete clown.


Honestly he's too thoughtful, practical and experienced for today's Democratic party, but I'm guessing he'll be on the short list for running mates.

DAJAX Wrote:
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> That's the Word from WTOP. Speculation Is Running
> Wild. Dropping out of Presidential Race? I Say
> he's changing Parties. To the GOP, and Later will
> run for President as a GOP candidate, thanks to
> positive reviews by conservatives on Fairfax
> Underground . Hillary You Are Toast!

So the OP was completely wrong. Right thing for Webb to pull out of the race.

Webb doesn't have enough support or name recognition. Allow the top two candidates to run and debate. No reason to divide the democratic party.

Good Decision Wrote:
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> DAJAX Wrote:
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> > That's the Word from WTOP. Speculation Is
> Running
> > Wild. Dropping out of Presidential Race? I Say
> > he's changing Parties. To the GOP, and Later
> will
> > run for President as a GOP candidate, thanks to
> > positive reviews by conservatives on Fairfax
> > Underground . Hillary You Are Toast!
>
> So the OP was completely wrong. Right thing for
> Webb to pull out of the race.
>
> Webb doesn't have enough support or name
> recognition. Allow the top two candidates to run
> and debate. No reason to divide the democratic
> party.

It's already divided.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/15/top-party-official-accuses-democratic-national-chairwoman-of-lying-questions-her-leadership/

Cats out of the bag . Jim's out of the Presidential race as a Democrat, but may get back in as a Independent . Ha Ha.. The "Siphon Hose" will be in Hillarys vote !

Go Get The Thugs Jim!

DAJAX

Pins And Needles For Democrats Wrote:
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> Cats out of the bag . Jim's out of the
> Presidential race as a Democrat, but may get back
> in as a Independent . Ha Ha.. The "Siphon Hose"
> will be in Hillarys vote !
>
> Go Get The Thugs Jim!
>
> DAJAX

Save your dreams for a shrink, DAJAX.

He could lower Hill's #s in VA