25 Reasons to support Jim Webb

[magnolia]

1. He is a foreign policy/national security expert and "realist," not a "neocon" or isolationist.
2. He publicly opposed the Iraq War when almost nobody else had the courage to stand up and do so.

3. He has shown exemplary character and courage his entire life.

4. He is deeply concerned with issues of economic fairness for all Americans.

5. He opposes the Bush tax cuts for rich people, especially at a time of war.

6. He is not a creature of Washington DC, but instead has spent his life serving his country, being a writer and journalist, working to clear the name of an African American marine falsely accused of war crimes in Vietnam, etc.

7. He will fight for FAIR trade, as opposed to mindless "free trade."

8. He understands that we need to rein in the power of the Executive Branch, and he is tough enough to stand up to George W. Bush or anyone else.

9. He is pro-chioce.

10. He is pro-gay-rights/civil unions.

11. He is not a career politician and has never desired to be one.

12. He is a visionary on racial issues. Webb has written that "the greatest realignment in modern politics would take place rather quickly if the right national leader found a way to bring the Scots-Irish and African Americans to the same table, and so to redefine a formula that has consciously set them apart for the past two centuries."

13. He can win people - including Southerners and "Reagan Democrats" - back to the Democratic Party and make it a long-term majority party again.

14. He wants to be "the leader of the anti-outsourcing movement."

15. He was "drafted" by citizen activitst and is running an amazing netroots campaign. He has over 2,500 volunteers.

16. He thinks for himself and doesn't just blindly follow along with "litmus tests"

17. He truly understands that "we are in danger of developing a permanent underclass." As a populist, he also "gets it" that "the country is breaking into three different groups, and is becoming defined by class far more than at any time in my memory."

18. He has been endorsed by almost the entire national Democratic leadership, including Harry Reid and John Kerry. He has also received endorsements from more than 60 Virginia political figures.

19. He believes that all Americans deserve access to some form of quality health care.

20. He believes that "education is the only way to level the playing field and provide all Americans with the opportunity to succeed."

21. He says that "teachers and school districts must have access to the resources that are needed to implement the mandates placed on states by the No Child Left Behind law."

22. He opposes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

23. He strongly supports solar power and renewable energy in general.

24. He believes that the blogs and the internet in general represent democracy in action and must be protected.

25. He believes that the Republican Congress has been wrong in "let drug company lobbyists write a prescription drug plan for our seniors - and the drug companies are going to make billions from this law."

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[williesgirl]

1. I live in VA and am concerned since he was a Republican and

switched only because of the Iraq War.

[magnolia]

2. He was a democrat originally.

He switched to republican because he thought that democrats weren't handling national security. He wants to bring the south back to the democratic party where it belongs.

Coming back, for him, had more to do with Bush's failed policies, tax cuts for the rich, the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

He was never registered as a republican and never gave money to a republican. Miller has.

[Robert Oak]

3. I don't think so

If you listen to him talk about economic justice and the middle class, I think it's much more than the NeoCon take over of the military.

It's like he also had an epiphany and realizes his political identity was within the Democratic ideals, but the ideals of Truman, Andrew Jackson...

the old FDR/Truman style Dems.

and I AGREE with that one!

[magnolia]

4. I have heard him talk about economic justice.

Here's a direct quote:


"The country is breaking into three different groups, and is becoming
defined by class far more than at any time in my memory. The people
at the top have never had it so good. You only have to look at the
ratios of corporate executive compensation compared to the average
factory worker to see this.

The middle class is stagnating. Jobs are being sent overseas, public
education is spotty. Health care is being denied to many people who
actually do have jobs.

And we are in danger of developing a permanent underclass, without
true hope of advancement."

[Robert Oak]

5. how to find your polling place

http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Voter_Information/Where_Do_I_Vote/Polling_Place_Lookup_request.asp