If Jim Webb wins the Democratic presidential nomination, what would you do?

[NYCButterfinger]

Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb announced his presidential bid in the middle of the Fourth of July holiday, when not so many people were paying attention. Webb, 69, is a moderate Democrat, but in recent days have sounded like a Conservative Democrat. Webb has written books about his days as a U.S. Marine Corps. Webb has written columns, about war, and Scots-Irish history.

Webb beat George Allen in 2006 after Allen's racist crap was revealed to the world. Webb won, barely. Webb was briefly considered to be Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate in 2008, but he declined.

Webb decided to retire from the Senate in 2012, and it seemed that his political career was over.

I disagree with Webb's positions on some issues,such as the Confederate flag issue, but I do respect his service in the Vietnam War. I was not born during that time, but I know from history, I would have opposed it.

I am undecided with who to vote for in the Democratic presidential nomination of 2016; although it is very likely that HRC will be the Democratic nominee in 2016.

However, if Jim Webb somehow won Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, won Southern primaries and won the Democratic presidential nomination, what would you do in the fall elections?

[Agschmid]

1. Ugh vote for him... but jeez what a thought.

[TheProgressive]

10. Webb is a republican registered as a Democrate...

Since he is not a Democrat at any measurement, I would not vote for him...


Good thread Agschmid....I hope people get it....

On edit: I meant to post this to the parent thread...sorry for the mistype....

[Todays_Illusion]

36. I agree with you and he has a job to do and to me

he, also O'Malley and Chafee, all in provide anti-Democratic bias confirmation and political attack material for the Republicans. None of these candidates have any voters or constituency.

They are all running on the talking points conservatives/Republicans attack Demcratic for.

Guns, taxes, southern tradition for flag. O'Malley stirred the pot with the all lives matter, the entirely unnecessary comment, unless you want to whip up some anti-Democratic voting amoung the African American community and create a group for even that and call it Black lives matter to stalk Democratic since their beginning.

So are we going to swallow all the propaganda or notice how we are going to be deceived ever more thoroughly for this election than any so far.

[JustAnotherGen]

42. Disagree on O'Malley

We can agree to disagree on him. He's not a Johnny Come Lately Democratic Party member and is running towards his record of impementation of progressive policy. He taxed the rain - and if that pisses off populists and conservatives alike - that's a good thing.

Wait until the debates. I've also posted in the O'Malley group about other black supporters of O'Malley. It was a high school friend that moved from Western NY to Baltimore about 15 years ago who tipped me off on him. If Sanders, Clinton, Webb and Chafee campaigns are going to try to paint him as anti black - that would be stupid.

We aren't dumb and we aren't blind. It's not that the others are anti black - its just that from my point of view - they can't appeal to those blacks who are working poor to those who are wealthy across the board. Voting Rights, pathways to prosperity that don't include a college education for those who didn't receive the best from grade school on, access to decent housing when you have that high paying skilled labor job, equal treatment by the medical community and safe neighborhoods - he's the only one we can see "rubbed shoulders and walked among the people".

[Raine1967]

62. Thank you!

A life long Dem is anti-Democrat?

His mother STILL works for Senator Mikulski and he worked on her first election. I have a feeling Ms. Mikulski would deeply disagree with the idea that he's 'Anti-Dem'

People can disagree on his policies but I really have to wonder sometimes where I am posting.

YOu know even before the BLM incident at NRN, he said this (MAy 3, 2015) http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/240890-omalley-blacks-are-not-disposable-citizens

I just feel the need to put this here as I believe it might get a better reception (and I'm gonna leave it at that) It's not directed at you JAG.

This was from a MO'm group post back in april or may:

I posted this a few months ago, it deserves to be looked at again: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1281976

[MADem]

39. Yes indeed....

I would probably evacuate building blocks from my bowels, (i.e. shit bricks), and then hold my nose and vote for him.

That would be a tough one. It would be less painful, simply because of proximity to the environment, if I lived in VA. He's fairly progressive for some areas of that state....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I'll strip naked, paint myself blue, and

sing "Puttin' on the Ritz" in Swedish while dancing on roller skates on the displaced threshold of Runway 22R at JFK.

[zappaman]

55. That's EXACTLY what I was gonna say.

[irisblue]

61. as for me

I can do this at the Columbus airport.....call me, we can be on teevee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bvf]

3. Vote for him.

Now ask me what I'd do if my left foot spontaneously burst into flames.

[Agschmid]

5. I'd sugguest 911...

Just saying, although they might hang up on you.

Too soon?

[bvf]

12. "Darn it,

I said my dadgum foot is on fire!!"

(Think that would be within bounds?)

[Thinkingabout]

4. Vote for the DNC nonimee

[elleng]

6. Please leave this out:

'although it is very likely that HRC will be the Democratic nominee in 2016,' and learn about Martin O'Malley:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1281

[VanillaRhapsody]

41. Uh Martin O'Malley is to her left?

[elleng]

64. Yes he is, and reliably so.

My point: Pay attention to him, don't assume hrc will prevail, and LEARN about him.

[Turchinsky]

7. Vote for him.

and declare our way of life lost.

[VanillaRhapsody]

8. What I always do...vote for the Democrat.

[Luminous Animal]

31. In this case, a proud confederate flag Democrat. Nope. Voting for such a person that supports

a symbol of slavery gets kicked out of my tent.

[bravenak]

9. Vote. Relutantly.nt

[phleshdef]

11. Hold my nose, put a Webb 2016 sticker on my car and pull the lever for him in November.

What the hell else am I suppose to do?

[SusanCalvin]

13. Vote for him, and

work for him and give money to him.

Unless by some miracle a progressive third-party candidate had a chance or the Republican nominee suddenly embraced Democratic principles.

It's important to, if necessary, fight fiercely for the best of a bad lot. Example:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/21/vote-for-the-crook-it-s-important-edwin-edwards-wants-back-in-congress.html

I hope it is not necessary - i.e., I'd like to fight for an actual positive choice.

[SusanCalvin]

16. OK, I caught my own reference and can't resist.

http://m.

Although the captioner does not appear to know "genteel" from "gentile".....

[MADem]

40. One of those "unintentional truths!" Harvard had Jewish quotas for many years.

Really. Not their finest many, many decades, never mind hour: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a77U1Kc6qakI

[SusanCalvin]

47. So true.

I was about to say that I could not have attended when I graduated high school, but apparently that was not the case, although there were quotas for women as well.

https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news/radcliffe-magazine/complicated-history-women-harvard

(I'm glad my fact-checking instincts kicked in. I know there were still some elite colleges that were not admitting women at all in the 60s, though.)

[jberryhill]

14. Shave my dog and wear underwear on my head

[Le Taz Hot]

50. OK, but you gotta take pictures.

[ibegurpard]

15. I will mail you a check for $1000 if that happens.

[madaboutharry]

17. I would vote for him and then...

I would go home and feel real unhappy about it.

[Luminous Animal]

18. Supports the blatantly racist confederate flag. Pass.

[Kelvin Mace]

19. Same thing I will do

if Donald Trump wins the presidency. Board my starship and head for Andromeda. Because in that reality I own a starship.

[BlueJazz]

23. Would you mind if I ride along with you? I'm pretty good at science.

[Luminous Animal]

29. Shot gun!

[jaysunb]

20. Webb will be the "surprise of the Democratic primaries.

It's likely he will do well in both Iowa and New Hampshire with a very good chance of winning S. Carolina.
I've been saying this for months with lots of derision heaped on me, but I believe this guy may be the sleeper in the race.

[Luminous Animal]

34. I can see that. If he is seeking, on the lowdown, the racist vote.

[arely staircase]

21. Be surprised nt

[Luminous Animal]

22. I am actually sickened by how many DUers are willing to support

a Democratic candidate (however improbable) that defends a symbol of racism.

How low can we go.

[delrem]

26. Very low indeed.

eta: and after 8yrs of *that* setting the standard for "the progressive left", they'll be ready to go even lower. Some people are just made that way.

[Luminous Animal]

28. Fly that racist Confederate flag high. And that is A-ok because you have that magic (D).

It is a big tent! We welcome those who support racists!

[mythology]

24. Sprinkle rocksalt all over the ground where hell just froze over

This is as unrealistic as Jim Gilmore winning the Republican nomination.

[Agnosticsherbet]

25. In a run agsinsst the Republican nominee, he would be the best

Chice on the ballot in the general election.

[Scootaloo]

27. Panic, then console myself by eating a whole box of corn dogs.

[olddots]

30. suicide

[still_one]

32. I would have a real problem with it. He is against the Iran deal and he wants to dismantle

the EPA's regulation of green house gases.

That he doesn't understand what the confederate flag stands for is troubling.

However, On most social issues he is progressive

I am not sure what I would do if he won the nomination

[winter is coming]

33. Campaign tirelessly...

to ban bullshit hypotheticals.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. Pinch myself because I know I was dreaming...

I have no animus toward the fella but he's very much a cultural prisoner of the milieu he was raised in.

[uhnope]

37. I'd VOTE FOR HIM

A moderate Dem against any of the clown car candidates? Yes I'd vote for him. And I think he'd wipe the floor with any of the GOP candidates--his service would get him a lot of the military vote that might otherwise automatically go GOP. This was a good interview:

[SheilaT]

38. It's hard to imagine this happening.

As has already been pointed out, he's a Republican registered as a Democrat. I suppose he'd be a bit better than any possible Republican nominee, but I shudder to think.

[JustAnotherGen]

43. He's going to have a D after his name?

Vote for him of course!

But - he can't win NY, NJ, MD, MA, CA - not in the primary.


Of course if the primaries started in NY, CA, FL, TX, and MA - the Democratic nominee would always be more reflective of larger America.

[tularetom]

44. I will not vote against any Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election

What more do I need to say?

[4139]

45. I would go outside and watch flocks of pigs fly south for the winter

[n2doc]

46. I'd vote for him, but he has no chance n/t

[Adrahil]

48. I'd hold my nose and vote for him. But that will NOT happen. nt

[Le Taz Hot]

49. Three words:

Not gonna happen.

[HFRN]

51. what if he picked the cat i had in childhood, as his running mate?

about as likely

[peacebird]

52. Really? Good grief, fortunately he hasn't a snowballs chance in hades

[Vogon_Glory]

53. If Webb Won The Momination, I'd Vote For Him

If Jim Webb won the Democratic nomination, I'd still vote for him. Being a patriot and devoutly wishing to restore the political health of the American republic, I have come to the conclusion that ANY of the major Democratic contenders are preferable to the liars, the scamsters, the bully oys, the thugs, the unethical, and the psychotics crowding each other for the Republican Party's presidential nomination.

Neither the Republic nor the American people can afford another Republican Presidency.

[Kermitt Gribble]

54. Vote Green

I'm a Sanders supporter. I will vote for Clinton, O'Malley, or Biden if they win the nomination. I will not vote for Jim Webb.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/jim-webb-democratic-party-has-moved-way-far-the-left

[BillZBubb]

56. Hold my nose and vote for the (barely) lesser of two evils.

Then I would reconsider my allegiance to the Democratic party. If it can nominate a conservative in this day and age, it's attraction to me would be gone.

[John Poet]

57. I would sit on my webcam

to record the herd of pigs flying out of my ass.

Then I'd upload it to YouTube.

[fbc]

58. lol

funny premise.

what would I do? probably swear off politics forever.

[LWolf]

59. He's not going to.

That's a hypothetical pit I don't have to fall into.

[restorefreedom]

60. this feels a lot like another version of

if the candidate represents corporate centrist ideals gets nominated, you should vote for them anyway because they have a D after their name. Go to the polls, shut up and vote for the Democrat.

in other words, it's another version of "you should vote for Hillary because she's a Democrat." and how dare you even think of voting for anyone else.

sorry to the OP if they really were contemplating the merits of Jim Webb's candidacy, but I'm just not feeling it. This has the smack of a Hillary loyalty oath all over it.

[Zorra]

63. Probably vote for him, leave the country,

and wish everyone the best of luck.

[DemocraticWing]

65. I would prepare for a Republican President

The idea that Jim Webb could motivate liberals, young people, and minorities to vote for him is silly. The Republican would win 300+ electoral votes.

[Gothmog]

66. Webb is running to be the GOP vice presidential nominee

Webb will not be on the Democratic ticket but could be on a GOP ticket as a Lieberman type VP nominee

[NYCButterfinger]

67. Clinton may pick him if she has problems with white working class voters in Appalachia

Webb can reach out to working class voters, especially in KY, TN, WV. Webb can do well with that. I think that Democrats should reach out to the Southern states.

[Gothmog]

73. She is far more likely to pick Julian Castro to keep Hispanic turnout high

[CharlotteVale]

68. I would not vote for a Confederate flag defender. If the Democratic party

ever comes to that, it deserves to lose.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

69. Fortunately, my ballot usually has more than 2 candidates listed for president.

And, has a place to write-in a candidate.

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." John Quincy Adams

[Vinca]

70. Since he's essentially a Republican, I'd write in Bernie's name.

And I'd hope that Trump wins the White House. If you have to have a Republican in the White House it might as well be one that's comedy gold.

[aikoaiko]

71. Easy to answer; I'd vote for him. Any D over any R.

[hollowdweller]

72. I'd vote for him but he has the potential for more gaffe's than Biden.

[Pastiche423]

74. Write in Bernie Sanders

for the general.

No way will I vote for a republican.