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| Aide Pinched with Sen Webb's Gat in Cap |
| 2007-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) - An aide to Sen. Jim Webb was arrested Monday when he entered a Senate office building with a loaded pistol belonging to the senator. Prediction: One day Webb will go postal A congressional official briefed on the incident said Webb gave the gun to Thompson when the assistant drove him to an airport earlier in the day. Thompson, upon entering the Senate building, forgot he was carrying the weapon. Sandy Burgler stealing top secret docs and now this? I'm sure I'd get the same equal justice as these |
| Posted by:Ebbeth Uneatch6534 |
| #13 Boxer and Feinstein will be gone after one more session - now is the time for CA Reps to get moving with candidates to replace these liberal dinosaurs. IMHO the Dems in CA don't have a well-known- deep bench to draw from, either. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-03-27 18:30 |
| #12 How could I forget, bad rd. Sen. John F'n Kerry (D-MassHole.) get this, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Jeebus, who knew that stalking rich white women was a small business. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-27 17:26 |
| #11 Doesn't the current crop of Senators/& House members make you wonder how our Republic ever made it till now, 2007? or how about our prospects 20 years from now, 2027? [to serious for a big hoot] The MassHoles & other Nor-Easters SQUAT in the Capitol for life which enables them to enrich district benefactors, party hacks, institutions, businesses, cronies, the mattresses and their pockets with an endless supply of cash, cake, pork, and projects. The New England schools districts and Universities systems do pretty well with grants, building funds and money including the kick backs. Will we ever see the day where citizen reps and senators just serve for a term or two? otherwise I'm afraid our kids will be stuck with what we have now..Professional Polititions Chappaquiddick Edward Kennedy, chairman Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Patrick 'the Lout' Lahey, Judiciary. Chris 'Doddering Drunk' Dodd, Banking. ~~~ and here the West well.. I'll let someone else review our world class personalities out here in Caliphornia. /Ebbeth Uneatch6534 |
| Posted by: RD 2007-03-27 17:14 |
| #10 It was the Ambein™, I betcha. |
| Posted by: Ununs Barnsmell4425 2007-03-27 16:53 |
| #9 The NRA's political action committee gave a A rating to Webb and an A-plus rating to Allen. I'll withhold judgement until I see how he votes. He says he will not back away from supporting gun rights. (Odd that someone would ask him about that in connection with this, but someone must have for him to mention it.) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-03-27 15:19 |
| #8 Maybe he does, this is from a interview he did at the Daily KOS before the election: Second Amendment. I support the Second Amendment, for many of the same reasons that I am more "liberal" on social issues. I believe the power of the government should stop at my front door, and that I should have the ability to protect myself and my family. The NRA's political action committee gave a A rating to Webb and an A-plus rating to Allen. I'll withhold judgement until I see how he votes. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-03-27 14:00 |
| #7 Ah yes, the "I forgot about the gun in my bag" card: CAPITOL HILL (AP) -- Virginia Senator Jim Webb says the arrest of one of his aides while entering a Senate office building yesterday with a loaded pistol was "enormously unfortunate." At a news conference today, Webb didn't get into too much detail regarding the case, other than to say that he thought the possession of the gun was completely inadvertent. Webb said since Phillip Thompson is being arraigned today, he can't specifically discuss the case. Capitol Police have said the weapon, which belongs to Webb, was revealed when the aide went through an X-ray machine at an entrance of the Russell Senate Office Building. The weapon was described as a loaded pistol with two additional loaded magazines. Webb also said Tuesday that he's never taken a gun to the U. S. capitol complex, though he has had a concealed weapons permit for years. Tell you what, Senator. I'll defend your packing heat if you'll defend mine. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-03-27 13:30 |
| #6 I understand his status, but it wasn't Bring Your Handgun to Work Day at the Russell Building. I would have thought new Senator orientation would have covered that kind of thing. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-03-27 10:55 |
| #5 As I've said before, the Senate is a loon magnet. Everyone of them should be in a straightjacket (and I'm not just being snarky either). And I agree with EU6534 that Webb will wig-out in a sensational way. |
| Posted by: Spot 2007-03-27 08:07 |
| #4 He is a Dem he will be OK. This will be made to go away, anyone else would have their ass in a wringer. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-03-27 07:24 |
| #3 The "aide" is a former Marine, certainly more than capable of safely transporting a weapon. I hope they don't feed him to the crocodiles. But you know they will. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-03-27 07:21 |
| #2 Verlaine, VA's Senate delegation looks positively benign compared to most of the NE or Cal. I think Vermont has the worst of the lot although they've got a LOT of tough competition from NY, Mass, RI and Cal in the race to ultimate moonbattery. |
| Posted by: Mac 2007-03-27 04:49 |
| #1 Webb is rather psycho, isn't he? Was he like this back in the Reagan days? Virginia sure has a winner pair in the Senate at the moment (of course, Virginia's got plenty of company WRT idiot/weirdo Senate delegations). |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-03-27 00:41 |