Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) may not stand the best chance of becoming president. What’s even more unfortunate about his campaign is that there was so much excitement about an endorsement that nobody bothered to confirm it was real before it got tweeted out.
As the Washington Times reported, Webb tweeted “Debate Preview: Why My Money’s on Jim Webb,” an article from Cafe.com. The site posts parody pieces, however. One hint may have been that the piece was written by Carl “The Dig” Diggler.
The piece also wrote about other candidates, but had the most to say about Jim Webb:
The only knock on Webb? He might be too perfect a candidate.
If Webb brings the heat tonight, voters may feel like they’re not good enough for the maverick legislator and award-winning novelist. When he talks, the man commands love, respect, and fear. He has the gleam of Ronald Reagan in a Democrat’s youthful body. Some voters may fear such a perfect specimen of masculinity. I don’t. I’m not afraid to love and lose and be hurt again. But will it play with Latino voters in Iowa?
The site has since posted other pieces about Webb and the debate. This Diggler fellow also wrote “Post-Debate Report Card: Bernie Rambles! Hillary Stumbles! Jim Webb Crushes it!” Another cover story for the site was “Presidential Candidate Admits to Killing Man in Wrong Debate.”
Not so surprisingly, the tweet about the parody endorsement was deleted. Kevin M. Krause was still able to take a screenshot though to post.
So @JimWebbUSA read this parody endorsement, thought it was good AND real, & tweeted it out to the world. pic.twitter.com/3T7mZ65ICg
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 13, 2015
All joking aside though, Webb’s debate performance may give him a much needed boost. TIME and Drudge polls have him in second place behind Bernie Sanders.
