Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Charlotte (VA)'s Webb
Oh, the junior senator from the Commenwealth of Virginia is going to be the source of much fun
over the next few years:
Don't get those Scots-Irish riled up!
Technorati Tags: Jim Webb, George W. Bush, Iraq
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over the next few years:
At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia's newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James Webb declined to stand in a presidential receiving line or to have his picture taken with the man he had often criticized on the stump this fall. But it wasn't long before Bush found him.The Hill added some more color:
"How's your boy?" Bush asked, referring to Webb's son, a Marine serving in Iraq.
"I'd like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President," Webb responded, echoing a campaign theme.
"That's not what I asked you," Bush said. "How's your boy?"
"That's between me and my boy, Mr. President," Webb said coldly, ending the conversation on the State Floor of the East Wing of the White House.
Webb confessed that he was so angered by this that he was tempted to slug the commander-in-chief, reported the source, but of course didn’t. It’s safe to say, however, that Bush and Webb won’t be taking any overseas trips together anytime soon.As an erudite Washington friend of mine noted: "[What we] wouldn't have paid [to see the punch tossed]! The president floored by the former Naval Academy boxer. The Secret Service with guns drawn on the Senator-elect. A scene worthy of an Allen Drury novel!"
“Jim did have a conversation with Bush at that dinner,” said Webb’s spokeswoman Kristian Denny Todd. “Basically, he asked about Jim’s son, Jim expressed the fact that he wanted to have him home.” Todd did not want to escalate matters by commenting on Bush’s response, saying, “It was a private conversation.”
A White House spokeswoman declined to give Bush’s version of the conversation.
Don't get those Scots-Irish riled up!
Technorati Tags: Jim Webb, George W. Bush, Iraq
