Things Are Going to Be Interesting With Webb in the Senate
Apparently, Webb had a testy exchange with the petulant President, when Bush brought up Webb's son, who is serving in Iraq, at a recent reception:
At a private reception held at the White House with newly elected lawmakers
shortly after the election, Bush asked Webb how his son, a Marine lance corporal
serving in Iraq, was doing.Webb responded that he really wanted to see his
son brought back home, said a person who heard about the exchange from
Webb.
“I didn’t ask you that, I asked how he’s doing,” Bush retorted,
according to the source.Webb confessed that he was so angered by this that he was tempted to slug the commander-in-chief, reported the source, but of course didn’t. It’s safe to say, however, that Bush and Webb won’t be taking any overseas trips together anytime soon.
“Jim did have a conversation with Bush at that dinner,” said Webb’s
spokeswoman Kristian Denny Todd. “Basically, he asked about Jim’s son, Jim
expressed the fact that he wanted to have him home.” Todd did not want to
escalate matters by commenting on Bush’s response, saying, “It was a private
conversation.”
A White House spokeswoman declined to give Bush’s version of the
conversation.
He was "tempted to slug" Bush? It's going to be an interesting six years with Jim Webb in the Senate.
