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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: NHSparky on February 09, 2011, 11:48:09 AM
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Virginia Democrat Webb to Retire from Senate After One Term
LINK (http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/02/09/senator-webb-retire/#)
by Trish Turner | February 09, 2011
FoxNews.com
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First-term Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia will retire when his term ends next year.
Webb made his announcement in an e-mail, saying, "After much thought and consideration I have decided to return to the private sector, where I have spent most of my professional life..."
Webb's decision leaves Democrats with the daunting prospect of finding a viable candidate to run in what will be a very hot senate race in the Old Dominion. On the Republican side, former Virginia Governor and Sen. George Allen has already announced his intentions to recapture the seat Webb took away from him in 2006 in a razor-thin victory.
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And so it begins...the Rats leaving what they know will be a sinking ship in 2012....
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Good news!
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Good.
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6 years under a Democrat super majority was more than plenty of time to feather his nest in the "private sector".
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6 years under a Democrat super majority was more than plenty of time to feather his nest in the "private sector".
Bingo. Webb ain't hurting for anything.
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6 years under a Democrat super majority was more than plenty of time to feather his nest in the "private sector".
Maybe he can go back to writing pedo/homoerotic novels.
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On the Republican side, former Virginia Governor and Sen. George Allen has already announced his intentions to recapture the seat Webb took away from him in 2006 in a razor-thin victory.
Stay away from it, George. You lost because of a piss poor campaign and your time is done.
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Seems like the Dems are cutting and running. They are not manning up to face the voters. :-)
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Another one who voted for Obamacare
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Another one who voted for Obamacare
Yes indeed. Better to quit than get your ass handed to you, I guess.
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Hot democrat seat needs filling.........quick, call Bawney Frankenfurter I hear he's an expert. :rotf:
{Sorry the devil made me do it.}
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Does he get the usual government retirement/healthcare package?
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Does he get the usual government retirement/healthcare package?
I may be wrong, but I don't believe he does after just one term......if memory serves, it requires two.
doc
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His wife is from Vung Tau, Vietnam. That's a lovely, lovely city on the South China Sea, near Saigon.
It would not surprise me at all to see them retire there.
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I may be wrong, but I don't believe he does after just one term......if memory serves, it requires two.
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Five years is the magic number. Meaning as a Senator, when he reaches the age of 62 he can draw benefits after just one term.
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His wife is from Vung Tau, Vietnam. That's a lovely, lovely city on the South China Sea, near Saigon.
It would not surprise me at all to see them retire there.
Here's to hoping...
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Simply correcting an LSM driven hiccup.
Godspeed George Allen.
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Stay away from it, George. You lost because of a piss poor campaign and your time is done.
I disagree completely! Allen is a stand up guy! If it hadn't been for the left wing media makin' a big deal out of a word most Americans had never heard of, including him, he'd of smoked this guy!
I consider him my favorite to run against Lord Zero in 2012! He has a better platform than any who have put their iron in the fire, including Palin, IMHO!
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I disagree completely! Allen is a stand up guy! If it hadn't been for the left wing media makin' a big deal out of a word most Americans had never heard of, including him, he'd of smoked this guy!
Al, he never put up a fight to that; at least not a credible or forceful one.
I say he stays away from it and lets someone like Cuccinelli run instead.
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Al, he never put up a fight to that; at least not a credible or forceful one.
I say he stays away from it and lets someone like Cuccinelli run instead.
He didn't put up a fight because he had no chance against the MSM who made "Macaca" a bad word to the American people before they even knew what the **** it meant.
If anyone doesn't believe the MSM is in the side pocket of the DemonRats, this instance is all you need to research!
I'm willin' to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. He was, or could have been, a Presidential contender before the MSM pulled their political assassination bull shit!
When did we start lettin' the media choose our candidates? Talk about under handed, dirty pool politics! Same thing happened in Virginia when Huckster and McLame got together in or to screw Romney.
Unfortunately, we have allowed the Media to sway opposition to certain candidates they do not want in the race! I am embarassed for Conservatives that only watch the alphabet network!
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Al, he never put up a fight to that; at least not a credible or forceful one.
I say he stays away from it and lets someone like Cuccinelli run instead.
And he could have combated the smear the MSM gave him how?
Seein' as how the MSM treats Cuccinelli like the plague, just how do ya expect the voting block to know who the hell he is?
I never heard of him until you mentioned him. There are many, many, more that will never see the light of day! Good men and women that because they won't play ball with the MSM, they will never get face time. I wish it were another way, but those are the facts of life at this time, my friend.