A Time to Fumfer? Webb Wimps Out on VP Question |
| Published: May 21, 2008, 10:39 am |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, economy, oil amp amp gas prices, jim webb, mika brzezinski, morning joe, msnbc, video |
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As political rituals go, the phony denial of interest in the VP nomination is among the most annoying. So credit Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee for unequivocally stating their willingness to serve as McCain's running mate. But please, politicians out there, spare us the feeble non-denial denials such as the one Jim Webb offered up on today's Morning Joe. Isn't Webb supposed to be Mr. No-Nonsense Macho Man? After all, he was on the show to tout his new book, A Time to Fight, and to talk up his rough 'n tumble Scots-Irish roots. But judging by his wimpy response to the Veep question, perhaps the book should be renamed A Time to Fumfer. His reply to Mika Brzezinski's question on his interest in the Veep nomination has to go down as one of the lamest of an already-lame genre.MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I'm going to start at the top. I'm going to start with the question you were asked at your party the other night, and that is, some say that an Obama-Webb ticket is in the realm of possibilities. [ Full article ] |
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