Jim Webb

[Zam-Zam]

No, not the guy from Dragnet - The former Democratic Senator from Virginia. Recently, he had this to say:

In an interview on NBC's 'Meet The Press,' former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) said that the Democratic Party has moved "very far to the left" over the past few years.

"You can't have a Jefferson-Jackson dinner, which was a primary celebratory event of the Democratic Party for years, because Jefferson and Jackson were slaveholders," Webb lamented. "They were also great Americans in their day. Something different has happened to the Democratic Party."

He said that the party's focus on "identity politics" has lost them a "key part of the their base."

He continued: "The people who believe that regardless of any of these identity segments, you need to have a voice in a quarters of power for those that have no voice. And we've lost that for the Democratic Party."

Complete text: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...tic_party_has_moved_very_far_to_the_left.html


Democrats can either listen to him or dismiss him - It will be interesting to see which way they go. Many on the right are no doubt hoping Dems decide on the latter.

 

[Drumcollie]

Jeremiah 13:23 Verse ... Can an Ethiopian change his skin or a leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.

The democratic party has never done good for humanity, they opposed any and all efforts for true freedoms for all, just as they do today.

 

[georgephillip]

I'm surprised Jim (not Jack) Webb thinks Democrats have shifted away from right-wing Wall Street.

He once knew better:

http://www.salon.com/2010/11/09/webb_3/

"Webb is a Reagan Democrat who returned home. He was Ronald Reagan’s Navy secretary. Almost two decades later, he was the Democrat who scrapped out a win in Virginia.

"Webb seems less at home today.(Nov. 2010)

"He identifies himself as a Democrat. But he has few Democratic leaders to identify with. . . .

"Webb’s one of the last FDR Democrats.

"An economic populist.

"Liberals also admire the populist Webb.

"The same cannot be said for the Democratic establishment.

"Webb has pushed for a onetime windfall profits tax on Wall Street’s record bonuses. He talks about the 'unusual circumstances of the bailout,' that the bonuses wouldn’t be there without the bailout.

“'I couldn’t even get a vote,' Webb says. 'And it wasn’t because of the Republicans. I mean they obviously weren’t going to vote for it. But I got so much froth from Democrats saying that any vote like that was going to screw up fundraising.'"

 

[connieb]

No, not the guy from Dragnet - The former Democratic Senator from Virginia. Recently, he had this to say:

In an interview on NBC's 'Meet The Press,' former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) said that the Democratic Party has moved "very far to the left" over the past few years.

"You can't have a Jefferson-Jackson dinner, which was a primary celebratory event of the Democratic Party for years, because Jefferson and Jackson were slaveholders," Webb lamented. "They were also great Americans in their day. Something different has happened to the Democratic Party."

He said that the party's focus on "identity politics" has lost them a "key part of the their base."

He continued: "The people who believe that regardless of any of these identity segments, you need to have a voice in a quarters of power for those that have no voice. And we've lost that for the Democratic Party."

Complete text: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...tic_party_has_moved_very_far_to_the_left.html


Democrats can either listen to him or dismiss him - It will be interesting to see which way they go. Many on the right are no doubt hoping Dems decide on the latter.

Wow.. he sounds.. reasonable.. no wonder he doesn't recognize the dem party.

Maybe the republicans can court him. He doesn't have too much power behind him but to be able to go into dem strong holds and remind them why the Dem party has left them and the Republican party is now their party.....

 

[Spamature]

No, not the guy from Dragnet - The former Democratic Senator from Virginia. Recently, he had this to say:

In an interview on NBC's 'Meet The Press,' former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) said that the Democratic Party has moved "very far to the left" over the past few years.

"You can't have a Jefferson-Jackson dinner, which was a primary celebratory event of the Democratic Party for years, because Jefferson and Jackson were slaveholders," Webb lamented. "They were also great Americans in their day. Something different has happened to the Democratic Party."

He said that the party's focus on "identity politics" has lost them a "key part of the their base."

He continued: "The people who believe that regardless of any of these identity segments, you need to have a voice in a quarters of power for those that have no voice. And we've lost that for the Democratic Party."

Complete text: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...tic_party_has_moved_very_far_to_the_left.html


Democrats can either listen to him or dismiss him - It will be interesting to see which way they go. Many on the right are no doubt hoping Dems decide on the latter.

We rejected him out of hand. If you righties love him so much you should have nominated him to lead your party. Dems really don't want to listen Republicans pining for Webb while the vote for garbage like Trump.