Jon Henke liveblogged yesterday’s debate, which I missed, and has posted several interesting comments since. Also interesting is that Webb appears to be behind Sen. Allen’s efforts to require states to recognize each other’s concealed carry permits. Cool. It’s nice not having that issue to worry about anymore. If the Allen/Webb initiative ever passes, I may make a trip to Frisco just to pack heat using my Virginia permit just to piss the locals off. They also have an editorial about Sunday morning’s debate, which left McKenzie et al. underwhelmed.

Somewhat less interesting are the comments of blogger Wlady at the American Spectator, who defines lying down by accusing Webb of lying in yesterday’s debate when he truthfully noted that his September 4, 2002 editorial on Iraq objected to the invasion of Iraq for reasons unrelated to WMD. Webb’s “lie” consists of saying in yesterday’s debate that he had written a piece in the Washington Post six months in advance of the invasion “laying out in my view this was not about WMDs, it was about our troops being turned into terrorist targets, and that there was not an exit strategy because the people in this administration who were doing this did not intend to leave,” when in fact the article in question was not about WMDs, but rather, it was about our troops being turned into terrorist targets, and that there was not an exit strategy because, in Webb’s view, the people in the administration did not intend to leave. Liar!

Ironically, Wlady concedes that the article in question made some valid points, but nevertheless ends with this lie wrapped in a non sequitur:

But nowhere — nowhere — in the op-ed did he utter a word about Saddam’s WMDs, let alone cast doubt as to their existence. So why the clumsy lie yesterday?

Oh wait, I think I know this one. Could it be because … he never claimed to have coast doubt on the WMDs’ existence?! Nah, it couldn’t be that. So why the clumsy lie today?

Finally, returning to the interesting stuff, Northern “Virginia” reporter Peggy Fox made herself the news by asking this blatantly racist provocative question:

It has been reported your grandfather Felix, whom you were given your middle name for, was Jewish. Could you please tell us whether your forebears include Jews and, if so, at which point Jewish identity might have ended? Nah, scratch that, let’s cut to the chase. Are you now, or have you ever been, a Joo?

According to her bio, Fox “has a unique perspective for a Washington television newsperson.” I’d say so. Attempting to out a suspected closeted homosexual is old school, but attempting to out a suspected closeted Jew? That’s pretty damned unique.