In Which I Provide The Petty Vindictiveness

Glenn Reynolds links to a "Now He Tells Us" article about Nutroots darling Sen. James Webb:

Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) said he owns the gun that an aide was arrested for carrying into the U.S. Capitol complex in March.

"It's my gun," Webb told the Richmond Times-Dispatch last week.

Webb previously had refused to say whether the gun was his....

...

Webb said little about the incident in March.

"It was a matter under legal consideration, and I was precluded from saying anything," Webb told the Richmond newspaper. "And I hope you'll understand that in matters of self-defense up here, it doesn't do anybody's safety a lot of good by talking about this stuff. We're pretty vulnerable up here."

Safety issues?  Wait a second!  Wasn't it only last May that this topic was being kicked around the blogosphere?  Let's see, someone wrote "If gun rights are civil rights, why would anyone feel the need to hide the fact that they own one?"

Safety issues were identified and mocked (e.g.), and away we went.   FWIW, Mr. Sullivan did back down a bit eventually.  But it is interesting to see Sen. Webb on the same side as Glenn.

Comments

[clarice]

Webb really is meshuga..and he's all theirs , thank heavens. First the stupid behavior at the WH , now this. Let me guess:One term macaca.

[maryrose]

clarice:
Agreed,this guy is a real piece of work! He has his underlings cart his guns around and then allows him to be arrested. I think George Allen is a stand up guy that got railroaded by a slick democratic campaign to make him look ridiculous. I believe Webb did vote to fund the troops. That's the least he can do for his son after trashing the war effort.

[Anonymous Lunatic]

"If being a member of the NAACP is a civil right, why would anyone feel the need to hide the fact that they're a member?"

[JM Hanes]

TM:

Your "away we went" link is a hoot!

[RalphL]

Sullivan is lucky anyone is still reading his stuff.