Jim Webb Promises Not to Kill Again if Elected President
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Just hours after the Democratic Presidential debate was broadcast on CNN, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) made a solemn vow to not kill again if elected President, sources confirmed.
Webb, a former Marine officer and Secretary of the Navy, admitted his comments during the debate about the enemy who wounded him with a grenade not being around to tell about it were maybe "a bit too real" for the liberal crowd, close associates of Webb told reporters.
Though Webb cautioned during a post-debate interview from his freshly-dug two-man fighting position that he had taken a man's life and wasn't afraid to do it again.
The 69-year-old tried to further explain his comments that drew shock during the debate: "Look, I know what it looks like when a .45 slug takes a man's brain and paints a Picasso with it," he said, while miming brain matter exploding out of the back of his head.
He added: "If you elect me President you won't have to learn what it looks like too," said the Vietnam war hero,…
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