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Jim Webb... Great line about who your biggest enemy was... (Original Post) TipTok Oct 2015 OP
Yay imperialism! mwrguy Oct 2015 #1
Ugh. I thought it was awful. nt cyberswede Oct 2015 #2
I did too. nt dflprincess Oct 2015 #3
+1! 2naSalit Oct 2015 #19
He was just blah blah blah IMO. lonestarnot Oct 2015 #4
Jim Webb's was the worst of the lot and embarrassing. RedCappedBandit Oct 2015 #5
It sounded really incongruent with the rest of the night. Tone deaf and way hawkish. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author MADem Oct 2015 #10
So he shot world trade issues in the face during the war? DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #13
I fucked up--I thought the topic was about China/S. China Sea--not the guy who threw the grenade at MADem Oct 2015 #15
Thanks, and no big deal...things are running fast tonight. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #16
Damn I missed that!?!?! The cats have been acting up- plus I was running a thread... bettyellen Oct 2015 #17
Do I detect a hint of sarcasm in your OP? Hiraeth Oct 2015 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author MADem Oct 2015 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author MADem Oct 2015 #8
What was it? Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2015 #11
It was terrible IMHO Fearless Oct 2015 #12
Why not? NYCButterfinger Oct 2015 #18
totally creepy actually karynnj Oct 2015 #14
It was a winner in the narcissistic machismo category loyalsister Oct 2015 #20

RedCappedBandit

(5,514 posts)
5. Jim Webb's was the worst of the lot and embarrassing.
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:05 PM
Oct 2015

His biggest enemy of his political career was some poor guy defending himself against a foreign super-power's invasion of his homeland, and haha he's dead now?

Yeah, that's great.

Response to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #6)

MADem

(135,425 posts)
15. I fucked up--I thought the topic was about China/S. China Sea--not the guy who threw the grenade at
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:21 PM
Oct 2015

him.

I did think the China/trade thing was his best line.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
16. Thanks, and no big deal...things are running fast tonight.
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:23 PM
Oct 2015

We can argue tomorrow or whenever, but based on what I saw, both of our candidates did a good job tonight.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
17. Damn I missed that!?!?! The cats have been acting up- plus I was running a thread...
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:25 PM
Oct 2015

He just had nothin, so he was honest. LOL.

Response to Hiraeth (Reply #7)

Response to TipTok (Original post)

Fearless

(18,421 posts)
12. It was terrible IMHO
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 11:19 PM
Oct 2015

The audience even grumbled over it.

I don't support the killing of people and don't show pride in it being done.

That's a Republican position.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
20. It was a winner in the narcissistic machismo category
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 12:14 AM
Oct 2015

It was a "let me show you my scar so you can see what a manly man I am" answer.
He is absolutely revolting.

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