{"id":1291,"date":"2008-09-18T21:20:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T01:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2008-09-19T08:44:29","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T12:44:29","slug":"wheres-jim-webb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/09\/18\/wheres-jim-webb\/","title":{"rendered":"Where&#8217;s Jim Webb?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Webb&#8217;s head just showed up on my TV screen, during the Rachel Maddow Show.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;Finally,&#8221; I thought,&#8221;He&#8217;s going to come out swinging for Obama!&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 Umm,\u00c2\u00a0 no.\u00c2\u00a0 He was there to defend retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel, in the way of his comments about Palin&#8217;s incompetence.\u00c2\u00a0 And while that&#8217;s a completely honorable thing to do, I still have to wonder &#8211; where&#8217;s Jim Webb?\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s the one who was hailed at the great white hope for Democrats in Virginia.\u00c2\u00a0 So why is it that it&#8217;s Terry Freakin&#8217; McAuliffe that&#8217;s going on a tour of Virginia (ostensibly in support of Obama, but mostly to find out that the idea of him running for governor is a complete joke)?\u00c2\u00a0 I know Virginia&#8217;s Democrats have a tradition of identifying themselves as anything *but* Democrats, but this is getting ridiculous . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Webb&#8217;s head just showed up on my TV screen, during the Rachel Maddow Show.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;Finally,&#8221; I thought,&#8221;He&#8217;s going to come out swinging for Obama!&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 Umm,\u00c2\u00a0 no.\u00c2\u00a0 He was there to defend retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel, in the way of his comments about Palin&#8217;s incompetence.\u00c2\u00a0 And while that&#8217;s a completely honorable thing to do, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jim Webb&#039;s head just showed up on my TV screen, during the Rachel Maddow Show.\u00c2 &quot;Finally,&quot; I thought,&quot;He&#039;s going to come out swinging for Obama!&quot;.\u00c2 Umm,\u00c2 no.\u00c2 He was there to defend retiring Sen. 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