Jim Webb

Jim Webb is the new Democratic Senator from Virginia, beating Sen. George 'Macaca' Allen. He was a Marine in Vietnam and the former Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan. His son is a Marine in Iraq. He's a remarkable guy, exactly the type we need in Congress. He also has incredible restraint in not punching out our great President at this reception...

At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia's newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James Webb declined to stand in a presidential receiving line or to have his picture taken with the man he had often criticized on the stump this fall. But it wasn't long before Bush found him.

"How's your boy?" Bush asked, referring to Webb's son, a Marine serving in Iraq.

"I'd like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President," Webb responded, echoing a campaign theme.

"That's not what I asked you," Bush said.

"How's your boy?"

"That's between me and my boy, Mr. President," Webb said coldly, ending the conversation on the State Floor of the East Wing of the White House.

The Washington Post article is here. Aside from all his other faults, anybody else notice that Bush is a total jerk?