Jim Webb - SOTU Response

From C&L, the best:

Jim Webb of Virginia was selected to give the Democratic response to Bush's SoTU, and boy, did they make the right choice. Webb hit all the right notes, his points impressive and unassailable. Rather than even dignify the fearmongering and drawing of parallels of 9/11 to aggression in the Middle East, Webb just pointed out that the Democrats are representing the will of the people in their desire to see an end to the quagmire and that if Bush didn't want to listen to the people that put him in office, the Democrats would lead him to the will of the people.

Must-see Playboy!

On Lockheed.

We love it that Playboy is pushing some kind of an enevelope, even if it's still lukewarm.

Hopefully this and Dem Jim Webb's counter address on the State of the Union will begin to spark the citizenry of the good ol' US of A to begin to pay attention to what the hell is going on in the world with the American brand all over it.

Jim Webb: "Tempted to slug the commander in chief"

Who's hopping mad now?

Newly elected Senator Jim Webb...a man with a very formidable background. He got mad when clueless Bush asked about his (Webb's) son in Iraq. Duh. What does any parent want? Their son or daughter back unharmed. But the chicken hawks in the GOP and the NeoConArtists wouldn't know that, would they? They've never served in uniform!

RC: At a private reception held at the White House with newly elected lawmakers shortly after the election, Bush asked Webb how his son, a Marine lance corporal serving in Iraq, was doing.

Webb responded that he really wanted to see his son brought back home, said a person who heard about the exchange from Webb.

“I didn’t ask you that, I asked how he’s doing,” Bush retorted, according to the source.

Webb confessed that he was so angered by this that he was tempted to slug the commander-in-chief, reported the source, but of course didn’t. It’s safe to say, however, that Bush and Webb won’t be taking any overseas trips together anytime soon.