Wild, Wild Webb

Renaissance man Jim Webb is a real piece of work.

Virginia voters chose the heat-packing Webb to represent them in the Senate, sending George Allen packing.

Are you proud of yourselves, Webb supporters?

It was no secret that Webb wrote novels with pornographic scenes.

Even before he was sworn in, Webb made waves in Washington by dissing President Bush.
Webb boasted that he was "tempted to slug the commander-in-chief."

Yes, Webb is a colorful character.

Today, another bizarre chapter was added to "Jim Webb's Excellent Washington Adventure."

WASHINGTON -- An aide to Sen. Jim Webb was arrested Monday when he entered a Senate office building with a loaded pistol belonging to the senator.

Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said the aide was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possessing an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition.

The office of Webb, D-Va., identified the aide as Phillip Thompson and said he was "a former Marine, a long-term friend and trusted employee of the senator."

Is that supposed to make it OK?

It sounds like Webb believes that former Marines, good friends, and trusted employees should be considered above the law.

What was Webb doing handing over a loaded gun to Thompson?

A congressional official briefed on the incident said Webb gave the gun to Thompson when the assistant drove him to an airport earlier in the day. Thompson, upon entering the Senate building, forgot he was carrying the weapon.

"To our knowledge, this incident was an oversight," Webb's office said in a statement. It said it had no other details.

The weapon was revealed when the aide went through an X-ray machine at an entrance of the Russell Senate Office Building, Schneider said. She said the man had a loaded pistol with two additional loaded magazines.

According to Webb's office, the gun incident was an "oversight."

What kind of "oversight"?

Oops! Thompson forgot he was bringing a loaded gun into the Senate Office Building!

I've always thought that there was something odd about Webb. I didn't realize he would turn out to be this odd. Eccentric is too kind a word. He's creepy.

Earlier this month, Webb put out a press release referring to Iran, telling President Bush to "holster his guns before he leads America into another unprovoked war."

"This presidency has shot from the hip too many times for us to be able to trust it to act on its own," Webb said.

It appears that Webb likes to be ready to shoot from the hip, doesn't it?

There's something very, very strange about this Dem senator.