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Jim Bibb once again proves why he is the best candidate for Attorney General. It sounds like Gary King has no problem releasing the "non violent criminals" from prison before they serve their entire sentence.
Nelson Spear
Midland, Texas
PS - Thanks Mario for posting the video shots. Since I cannot get these shots live from New Mexico, your site makes it possible for me to see what is going on.
You've got me thinking about voting for Jim Bibb. Gary King's lack of commitment to prosecuting government corruption showed through in his defense of Madrid's misconduct in this area. Thanks for getting me thinking. I like Gary King as a person, but we need someone who is not going to enable public corruption (as Madrid did) by looking the other way out of party loyalty.
As an independent I was going to put a Jim Bibb sign in our yard until I found out he was affiliated with the Swift Boat Veterans "For The Truth"
Day 1,868 since the WMD said he'd catch UBL 'Dead or Alive!' USA! USA!
to me that interview illustrated the same dynamic you keep pointing out in the wilson/madrid race. gary king is the heather wilson of the ag race. he is experienced, knowleadgable, and articulate. bibb is like madrid: unprepared, stumbling around verbally, and prone to one sentence answers.
What do you know about the swiftboat vets, weekend?
This has always puzzled me. The issue was always spun as a partisan and wholly unwarranted attack on Kerry. For that to be true, there would have to be no good reason for Vietnam vets to hate JFKerry's guts. Sure, it was personal, very much so. I just don't understand people who can't see the obvious motivation for that personal animosity.
Kerry was trying to run on his status as a war hero and an anti-war hero at the same time. His actions after the war offend me far more than his actions during the war. Anyone who has served has served with self-promoters, it's not that big a deal and it doesn't make them bad people or bad at their job. But after the war... there are certain principles of military leadership and he showed none of them. That doesn't make him a bad person either, but it does mean that running for president on the basis of his military leadership experience brings on the sort of dread an enlisted woman feels at the knowledge she's got a moron as her immediate superior, which is another experience that anyone who has served has had. His actions after coming home prove that he had no concept of the most primary requirements and essential dynamics of an officer's role and responsibility.
Kerry served at a dangerous post bravely... something said over and over on the swiftboat website interviews, by the way. Did you know that?
And then he came home and fed into the anti-military sentiment of the generation. Testified hear-say attrocities and slandered the innocent with the guilty. Threw away his medals in a grand gesture, but actually threw away someone elses medals and kept his own to serve his political ambitions. Met privately with the enemy and generally acted like a 60's era selfish brat. The pure anger that was directed toward him was the same anger that still has military persons putting Hanoi Jane target stickers in the bottom of urinals or spitting on her at book signings.
But the spin is that the Swiftboat Vets for "Truth" ("truth" is always in scarequotes) have no reason to harbor this anger at JFKerry, that it's all made-up, a political expediency?
So don't get that Webb sign on account of he's associated with the nefarious Swiftboat Vets of "Truth". Because there is no *real* reason anyone who served in Vietnam, or who served before then or since, would genuinely react with anger, today, toward JFKerry.
Synchronicity or something... someone brought up the swiftboat vets today on another blog I read. I forget why, because it certainly wasn't about Bibb. Basically said that it's generally agreed that what the Swiftboat vets charged were complete fabrications.
It may be true that lots of people think so, but what do they feel was "fabricated?" Do they even know?
(And before someone starts, I've been awarded one "three point" medal and the citation is a lovely work of fiction, undoubtably more-so than most, but the idea that medal citations are God's own Gospel is just plain silly.)
Jim Bibb is a political neophyte. He is totally unable to address the broad duties constitutionally required by the AG's office. Outside of his 'top cop' line, he's got nothing to offer. The previous post was absolutely right: If you want to criticize Madrid on her general bumbling incompetence, then you've GOT to levy that same criticism against Bibb.
To Anonymous,
The citations that Major Bibb has rightfully earned do show that he is a take charge type of person. In other words, he will show up to do a job and then he will do the job. The citations also show that Major Bibb is not afraid of confronting a difficult issue. At the end of the day, voters will have more confidence in a stand up, independent person like Major Bibb as opposed to a candidate with deep ties to a particular party or Governor. Major Bibb will not be intimidated by any person or any party. Voters know that. The citations also show that Major Bibb has made a committment to helping people even when it could endanger his own life.
Major Bibb has also addressed the issues better than any other candidate for AG. Whether it be crime or consumer protection or any of the other constitutional duties, the voters want a leader who they can have confidence in. Major Bibb is that person.
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