Senator James Webb was not born in Virginia...

[kentuck]

He was born in St. Joseph, MO - the same city as my wife. I really doubt all those claims about his ties to the Old Confederacy. For what it's worth...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Webb

[KingOfLostSouls]

1. That crap had me wondering

saw all these threads suddenly pop up trashing jim webb

was like, wtf?!?!

if jim webb's an old confederate, I'm barack obama.

[dkf]

2. I think he sympathizes with the Scots-Irish that fought for the

Confederacy out of duty.

Just like how some sympathize with our men and women in Iraq even though we don't support the Iraq war.

[rove karl rove]

3. wasn't MO a "border state' back then?

but I'm skeptical, too - Allen would've used this on him last year as counter-ammo if it had "legs".

[Hippo_Tron]

5. Missouri wanted to secede but the Union occupied it before they could

[Rogerio Thompson]

4. Even better

That way he would probably help flip Missouri and Virginia at a time.

[rove karl rove]

6. yeah, both need flipping

He can do what Hillary and Romney did and have more than one home state that way.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Webb is solid.Webb makes shit happen.

[SoCalDem]

8. and george w is not from Texas..and Hillary was not from Arkansas

or Dc or Ny or Pa or WV

and Mc Cain is Panamanian..

MOST modern people do not grow where they were planted :)

[RoyGBiv]

9. Here ya go ...

http://www.jameswebb.com/speeches/6-3-90-confedmemorial.htm