July 7, 2008


Webb says no to being VP

Posted: 07:45 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney


Webb says he does not want to be asked to be the No.2.

(CNN) — You can officially scratch off Sen. Jim Webb's name from the list of Barack Obama's potential running mates.

The freshmen senator from Virginia and onetime Republican said unequivocally Monday he does not want to be the Illinois senator's No. 2.

"Last week I communicated to Senator Obama and his presidential campaign my firm intention to remain in the United States Senate, where I believe I am best equipped to serve the people of Virginia and this country," Webb said in an issued statement. “Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for Vice President."

Webb, a moderate Democrat and Vietnam veteran who successfully unseated former Virginia Sen. George Allen in 2006, has often been mentioned as a potential VP choice given his likely appeal in more conservative states, his early opposition to the Iraq war, and his credibility with military issues.

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The Virginia senator also co-sponsored the Senate G.I. benefits bill passed this spring that seeks to increase tuition reimbursements for veterans. Despite an initial veto threat, President Bush signed the bill into law last week.

"I entered elective politics because of my commitment to strengthen America's national security posture, to promote economic fairness, and to increase government accountability," Webb also said. "I have worked hard to deliver upon that commitment, and I am convinced that my efforts and talents toward those ends are best served in the Senate."

Webb did not endorse a Democratic candidate during the primary season. Fellow Virginians Tim Kaine, the state’s governor, and Mark Warner, a former governor who is currently running for Senate, were also considered to be on in contention for the VP slot. Warner also took himself out of the running last month.

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For your information, in the entire
time that I have been on this Internet
I have never seen one single thing
passed around anywhere with PTSD
and race, so it would be a shock to
me to see any proof of your claim.

Believe me, if it's out there, then
it almost always makes it way
into my airspace, and I can say
with certainty, at no time have
I seen any such thing passing
around on the net.

More often than not what I do see,
even here locally at times, are
Black people who don't understand
how anything works, and then stands
around and makes race allegations
which are not even true. That is
closer to what I have seen, and
please know I live in the inner
city myself.

It makes no sense at all to me
that a combat veteran would also
be overt and open in discriminatory
practices, and by that I mean
advancing white people over and
above the needs of Black people.

Until I see it better in evidence,
I just can't go there with you.
Blacks seem to think that the
world rotates around them alone,
and if it doesn't, then there
lies racism and that is a wholly
flawed perception to be walking with.

take care Vet.

THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR BLACK AMERICANS ESPECIALLY BLACK DISABLED VETERANS WITH PTSD. I AM A BLACK DISABLED VETERAN AND HAVE AND IS STILL SUFFERING FROM THE AFFECTS OF SENATOR WEBB IN ACTION. I HAVE DISCUSSED MY SITUATION WITH SEVERAL VETERANS THAT ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH ME. THE SENATOR IS A TYPICAL POLITICIAN SPEAKS ONE THING AND DO ANOTHER, BUT PRIMARY DUE TO RACE/COLOR.