Webb screws up on Meet the Press
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I've been watching the Allen-Webb debate on Meet the Press, and the Democrat, Jim Webb, just made a terrible mistake. Russert confronted him with an article he'd written back in the 1970s arguing that women didn't have the stuff to be in the military. Instead of saying something like, "I'm older now and I was just dead wrong then. Now I know better," which is what he should have said, he tried to weave and dodge. Then, he compounded the error by saying, "Everytime I have the chance now, I try to ASSIST women to get ahead." Women don't need "assistance," they need people to stop preventing them from getting ahead. The man is clueless when it comes to this issue. I'm guessing he just lost the vote of every woman watching.
He had to know this question was coming. Don't you think he would have practiced a reponse?
Update:
To make matters worse, when confronted with his past associations with the Confederate Flag and KKK sympathizers, Allen came up with the right answer. "It was wrong, and I wish I had learned the lesson earlier." [paraphrased, of course]
I'm afraid Webb lost this one badly on the stupid stuff.
I've been watching the Allen-Webb debate on Meet the Press, and the Democrat, Jim Webb, just made a terrible mistake. Russert confronted him with an article he'd written back in the 1970s arguing that women didn't have the stuff to be in the military. Instead of saying something like, "I'm older now and I was just dead wrong then. Now I know better," which is what he should have said, he tried to weave and dodge. Then, he compounded the error by saying, "Everytime I have the chance now, I try to ASSIST women to get ahead." Women don't need "assistance," they need people to stop preventing them from getting ahead. The man is clueless when it comes to this issue. I'm guessing he just lost the vote of every woman watching.
He had to know this question was coming. Don't you think he would have practiced a reponse?
Update:
To make matters worse, when confronted with his past associations with the Confederate Flag and KKK sympathizers, Allen came up with the right answer. "It was wrong, and I wish I had learned the lesson earlier." [paraphrased, of course]
I'm afraid Webb lost this one badly on the stupid stuff.
posted by walldon | 11:16 AM
1 Comments:
I agree, Webb is not as practiced or as slick on TV as Allen. But do you really think that Webb has a real bias against women?
What about the bias against gays in the military? Where do you stand on this issue? Where do these two candidates stand?
Allen has had an opportunity to change the hypocritical "don't ask, don't tell" policy but chooses not to.
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