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Jim Webb
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Jim Webb (1946–) is anAmerican politician, previouslyRepublican and since 2006 aDemocrat, serving from 2007 to 2013 assenator for the state ofVirginia.
Do notfuck with Jim Webb. This guy makesChuck Norris look like a wimp. Seriously. This is the guy who brought a loaded gun with him to theUnited States Senate, and did not think a damn thing of it.[1]
Senator[edit]
Jim Webb was the senior Senator fromVirginia, a seat he won in 2006 from George "Macaca" Allen, and refused to run for re-election in 2012, being succeeded by former GovernorTim Kaine. He is a formerRepublican who was so sickened by theIraq War, among other things, that he became aDemocrat and ran for the Senate. His major previous political experience was as Secretary of the Navy underRonald Reagan. On July 2, 2015, he announced hispresidential campaign on the Democratic Party ticket.[2] Unfortunately for the one guy with a "Webb 2016" shirt, he quickly dropped out. He participated in one debate, where he spent most of his speaking time complaining that he didn't have enough time to speak. Thanks, Jim. Also, he kicked a lot of ass inVietnam.
Author[edit]
Webb is also anauthor, mostly of novels about theVietnam War, and one non-fiction book about the history ofScots-Irishimmigrants to America. Many have said that his books tend to glorify violence for violence's sake. He is also known for having said some reallysexist things in the past, though he has apologised for them and definitely kept any such opinions to himself recently.
He is best known for a short story the movie Rules of Engagement is based on, in which the worst fears of thewar on terror waere validated, before the war actually took place.
Secretary of Defense?[edit]
Donald Trump considered making him Secretary of Defense, though he ultimately picked Jim Mattis instead and denied any reports he considered Webb at all.[3][4]
Opinion on drugs[edit]
Webb should get a gold star for rationality in one field:drug sentencing. He held hearings (that almost no one else attended) on the problems of mandatory minimum sentences, and began to push his colleagues to make changes to the drug laws so that they better fit withempirical reality. Nothing came of this, but he is still trying.
References[edit]
- ↑Webb Aide Tried To Take Gun Into Senate Building, Capitol Police Say,Washington Post
- ↑Haberman, Maggie.Jim Webb Announces Democratic Bid for Presidency.The New York Times. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ↑White House Mulls Jim Webb, Ex-Democratic Senator, as Next Defense Secretary
- ↑https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/trump-jim-webb-defense-secretary-1082332