{"id":62319,"date":"2015-10-14T14:06:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62319"},"modified":"2015-10-14T14:14:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T18:14:22","slug":"politico-reporter-calls-jim-webb-creepy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62319","title":{"rendered":"Politico reporter calls Jim Webb “creepy”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picked this up from Twitchy<\/a>, but The Federalist has a much better explanation of what happened<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most of the Democrats at the debate gave predictably boring answers to Cooper\u2019s question. Lincoln Chafee said he was proud that the coal industry disliked him. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley said the National Rifle Association. Bernie Sanders said Wall Street. What about Hillary?<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably the Republicans,\u201d Hillary responded, in the apparent belief that nearly half the country is her enemy.<\/p>\n

But the answer from former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, a highly decorated Marine combat veteran, is what shook everyone awake.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich enemy are you most proud of?\u201d Cooper asked. \u201cSenator Webb?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d have to say the enemy soldier that threw the grenade that wounded me,\u201d Webb calmly replied, \u201cbut he\u2019s not around right now to talk to.\u201d <\/p>\n

Webb was referring to an operation during the Vietnam War that eventually led to Webb being awarded the Navy Cross. After being repeatedly shot at while trying to clear enemy bunkers, Webb deliberately put himself between an enemy grenade and one of his fellow Marines in order to shield that Marine from the grenade blast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So let me give you my own take, not that anyone asked for it. I hated Jim Webb for the longest time. Not only did he run against Allen who I liked, but he always was in opposition to the surge. I respected him, but I didn’t like him. It was weird, because I also thought his book Fields of Fire was the best book ever written about Vietnam. And still believe that.<\/p>\n

But as a lobbyist, I sometimes get stuck in weird situations. Case in point was last year, when I was asked to greet Chairman Miller of the Veterans Affairs committee, and I was waiting for him to show up when in walked Dick Blumenthal. Everyone knows how I feel about him, and if I specialize in any one thing it is Stolen Valor. So, not exactly bosom buddies. But I’m also non-confrontational. Knowing that he was early, and the person designated to meet Blumenthal was running late I introduced myself and walked him backstage. We had a great conversation……about UCONN basketball. Some people would say I should have used the opportunity to light him up, but that’s just not my speed. I’m not that guy. I’m not confrontational, and I tend to look at peoples good sides. And Blumenthal has been pretty good at grilling the VA. But, UCONN basketball (and my hatred of that team) was a good ice breaker.<\/p>\n

Anyway, a few years ago the same sort of thing happened with Webb. I was supposed to greet Steve Buyer, but Webb arrived first. So I grabbed him, introduced myself, and took him to the Green Room. (He was speaking at our convention.) Now, the only people I hate more than Jets fans in general is the Secret Service. So I am sitting backstage with Webb, trying to not hate the dude, when in walks secret service and asks “does anyone in here have a gun on them.” Webb sits back, puts on a huge smile and responds “What do you think?” The poor secret service guy just ran away.<\/p>\n

Anyway, for the next hour I talked to Webb about all sorts of things, his book about the Scots in war, his own experiences etc. As much as I wanted to hate the guy, he’s actually an amazing guy to talk to. Later I would find out that in the USNA boxing championships Ollie North and he faced off. (Ollie won.) But I realized then that despite political differences, hating someone based on their beliefs is just a waste of time.<\/p>\n

But it REALLY pisses me off that some Politico asswipe would call Webb creepy for his comments last night. <\/p>\n