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6.9.08 @ 12:01AM

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'Nuff said?
-- Jay Molyneaux
North Carolina

The opposite side of the coin of individual leftists and their personal parsimoniousness, as highlighted by Mr. Schweizer, is that it's nonetheless easy to possess superior virtue when giving away other people's money.
-- A. DiPentima

What's that old saying? "Actions speak louder than words," isn't it?
-- Reid Bogie
Waterbury, Connecticut

OBAMA-WEBB '08
Re: Philip Klein's Webb Auditions for Obama:

Barack Obama and Jim Webb would be a perfect match -- both are racists, misogynists, empty suits (Obama's resume is non-existent and Webb was a total flop as SECNAV, saved from the humiliation of being fired by Reagan's kindness), liars and narcissists who despise us mere mortals. Both blithely ignore the fact that under President Bush and a Republican Congress economic growth averaged a blazing 3-4% annually and since Democrats have controlled Congress for the last 2 years growth is down below 1%, unemployment has risen (still below historic norms thanks to President Bush's policies), oil and gasoline prices are skyrocketing, GM is closing plants, and while foreclosures cannot match the astronomical highs under Bill Clinton in 1997 they are still worrisome.

An Obama-Webb administration supported by a Democrat Congress means simply higher unemployment, taxes, gasoline prices, food prices, terrorist attacks against the US and innocent Americans, abortions, homosexual marriages and government spending on useless pork. Obama, with or without Jim Webb, plans to return to the failed policies of Jimmy Carter that nearly destroyed the American economy and way of life. It would be safe to say the only people who benefited from Carter are the same ones who want an Obama Presidency -- selfish rich liberal elitists, welfare cheats, leftist special interest groups, terrorist appeasers, Euro-trash, Islamic terrorists and international tyrants. Happy days will be here again if Obama is elected, but not for hardworking and patriotic Americans.
-- Michael Tomlinson
Jacksonville, North Carolina

Senator Webb would bring gravitas to a very light ticket, but much of the weight would be, as is said in avionics, drag. As noted, Webb has left a long trail, both in writing and action. The presumptive Democratic nominee, Mr. Obama, likes to bill himself as a uniter, someone who can reach across the other side of the aisle (though his very brief record belies this narrative). Webb is a highly combative player and this may be his greatest strength. But while, admittedly, the VP has historically been seen as the "attack dog" on the ticket, it makes little sense to buy a Doberman if you are going to leash and muzzle him.

The Dems' latest and greatest messiah has said, ad nauseam, that he wants his team to be above negative and aggressive tactics. (A case of cognitive dissidence gone wild or just plain lying?). If Obama picks Webb as his hatchet man, even the mainstream media will eventually have to note the discrepancies between narrative and reality. Lastly, when running against someone of the stature of Senator McCain, the question of experience will be central in the minds of many, or at least the cognitively engaged electorate. If the senatorial experience of the less than two full term Illinois junior Senator and the newly elected Senator from Virginia are added together, the total time logged towards becoming sagacious and prudent leaders is less than ten years.

The last time we had such an inexperienced senator rise to the office of the President of the United States, who at least had a battle hardened and proven partner to perform as sounding board, America ended up losing a police action (war) that could have been won (the argument of necessity aside) and the world came closer to nuclear war with an aggressive USSR than any other time in history. (As the cliche holds, the more things change...) If BHO chooses Webb, the American public will be faced with a choice between an experienced senator and an on the job trainee. Hopefully, in these trying times, we will look back, pause to consider and weigh the words and deeds of the candidates and choose wisely. May God help us if we don't.
-- Ira M. Kessel
Rochester, New York

Let us hope that Sen. Obama does choose Webb as his running mate and appoints Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense.

It's way past time to return the United States to the citizens and take it away from a cabal of brainless drones who have only their personal financial interests invested in their presumed stewardship of the well-being of the nation.

Kinda difficult to legitimize the death of 4,000 young Americans on the basis of deceit.
-- William J. Neill
Conroe, Texas

BIG GOVERNMENT, LITTLE KIDS
Re: Lawrence Henry's The Thing I Don't Understand:

If one applies Lawrence Henry's article to presidential politics, the ascension of Barack Obama becomes easy to understand: a lot of Americans (possibly a majority?) no longer want to be grown-ups and "grind" their way to a better life. They don't want a Commander-in-Chief elected president. They want a Surrogate-Parent-in-Chief who will indulge their steadfast refusal to do the work and do it right.

Let big government "read the directions."
-- Arnold Ahlert
Boca Raton, Florida

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