Ken Berwitz
Amid this nonsense, Jim Webb broke in with occasionaloutbursts of common sense. When “gun violence” was being discussed, he was theonly one to actually link the shootings to gangs, not to guns walking off theshelf and shooting people. He was also the only candidate willing to say “Alllives matter” instead of piously acceding to the obscene racial supremacism of”Black lives matter.”
On foreign policy,Webb was the adult in the room. In a debate where candidates felt comfortableclaiming that Global Warming is the greatest national security threat, he wasthe only one to mention Chinese hacking. He was the only one to tie in theArab Spring and the Iran deal to the chaos in Syria.
In a field ofwannabe anti-war candidates, Webb was the only one to denounce the new Libyanwar that Obama and Hillary began. While other candidates yammered about Bush\’swars, he did the unthinkable by talking about Obama\’s war.
Webb modestlydeclared that he was the “most qualified person standing here to be commanderin chief”. Sadly, he was right. Not because he\’s a great candidate, but becausehe\’s a throwback to an earlier Democratic Party whose candidates could discussserious issues like adults.
That\’s not theDemocratic Party of today, which isn\’t just radical, but also unserious. TheCNN debate discussed pot instead of the violence in Israel. Its candidates haveto take the most radical positions on everything because their base lacks anyactual understanding of the issues. They have to lie constantly to their voterswhile trying to top Bernie Sanders\’ crazed Communist fever dreams.
Terrific writing…which, of course, is why Daniel wins today\’s honors.
