Jim Webb owns Wolf Blitzer (VIDEO)

[Ashy Larry]

Jim Webb had a great appearance on the Situation Room yesterday. All Wolf wanted to talk about were tired out smears from the Allen campaign and other irrelevant issues. Jim didn't take any shit from Blitzer and got his message across. For a second there I thought Jim might take Wolf's lunch money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn1bIycOogc



I particularly enjoyed this exchange:

BLITZER: So you regret the use of words that you wrote, that one of the halls that the Naval Academy is a horny woman's dream?

WEBB: Yes. I mean, OK, you've said that twice, and, you know, and I've expressed my apology for language that I used back then and, at the same time, I'm going to say it again, I opened up more combat, or more operational billets to women than any Secretary of Navy in history.

And if you look at my staff -- there's a term in the law that says, res ipsa loquitur, "the thing speaks for itself". My campaign manager is a woman, my deputy campaign manager is an African-American woman. Our director of media is a woman. Our deputy director is a woman. My finance director is a woman. And I think that again, I will say the thing speaks for itself.

BLITZER: Let me make sure that I understand. Your current position on women serving in combat units is what? Because it's still a little murky as far as from what I understand.

WEBB: What I have said is that I am totally comfortable with where the military is today. This was never an issue about whether women should serve in combat. It was whether they should serve in specific billets, such as the infantry and the artillery, and also who should decide. And the military has been deciding that.

I've had a tremendous amount of support from serving women in the military over the years. I've visited a number of commands at the invitation of female officers. And in fact, one of the four women who had participated in the original press conference by George Allen about this issue, one of the Naval Academy graduates, got so upset with the ad that he ran that she has endorsed our campaign, as of last week. And we've also had other female Naval Academy graduates, one of whom who assisted us in cutting an ad and defending my position and explaining it.

BLITZER: Do you think...

WEBB: Now can we talk about foreign policy?

[Rowdyboy]

1. I just wish he's gone a little farther and given Wolfe shit for the stupid

questioning. It was such an cheap shot at tricking Webb into saying something stupid. When he tried to steer the conversation to serious issues like Iraq and terrorism, Wolfe ignored him. American journalism is pretty sad today, if Blitzer is a representative.

[Ashy Larry]

4. I agree

It sounded like Wolf got his questions from Allen's blog. Pathetic.

[snowbear]

2. I watched him today and thought he was great too!

I didn't realize until I watched it that one of the women on Allen's commercials in that swiftboating commercial is now pissed at Allen for having it made, and is working for Webb's campaign..

[caledesi]

3. Thanks and welcome Al to DU.

Webb sounds good. So glad the Dems are finally standing up and not allowing these reporters overpower them with THEIR agenda.

Wolf had to go back 27 YEARS to find dirt on Wehb? He should be ashamed.

[watercolors]

5. It was a great interview

Webb sure looks like the winner to me, Allen comes off as a slacker most of the time I have seen him. Webb has the intelligence.