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Still no damn details on the Jim Webb “thunder thighs” remark. The Baltimore Sun editorial cited by the Allen campaign reads as follows:

Such acts are less surprising, but no less disturbing, when put in a context typified by former Navy Secretary James Webb’s description of female middies as “thunder thighs.”

It’s quoting a New Republic piece from earlier in the year, which we finally found (guys, your archiving system sucks almost as much as your publisher, blogs, editorial content, and circulation). Excerpt after the jump, though the text is exactly as it appears on Allen’s site. The source, unless we’re missing something (and no, we don’t have the full text of Webb’s Washingtonian piece, “Women Are Pussies”), is author Carol Burke herself, who doesn’t explain if it’s something she witnessed or something she heard about, or if it came from his speech before the school or in casual conversation.

We don’t doubt it, we just want context! THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY CALLED SOMEONE “THUNDER THIGHS.” Tell us who and why!

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It was weeks ago when we first learned about the Allen campaign push polls that asked potential voters how they’d feel if they learned that Democratic challenger Jim Webb referred to a woman or women as “thunder thighs.” And now, finally, we learn what the hell they’re talking about:

Webb referred to female midshipman at Annapolis as “thunder thighs.” (Baltimore Sun, 8/28/92)

ONCE AGAIN (we’re super responsible today, what with all this research), our exclusive investigation into this is after the jump.

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We did as much as we possibly could to keep the Macaca story afloat, we admit (come on, it’s August), but we are still fairly amazed by the results of the Wall Street Journal/Zogby Interactive poll showing whatsisface (you know, the Dragnet guy) ahead of a man who, up until this month, had been thought of as a good bet for the GOP Presidential nomination. Sure, it’s by one point, but who knew veiled racism had political consequences! In Virginia! Now all the challengers with nothing to lose will be getting their own Indian kids. MORE »

RedState, presumably receiving tips from the same friendly guys who sent us Webb’s kid’s MySpace page, finds this backpage blurb from James Webb: MORE »

• Recent good news, including the killing of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and the non-indictment of Karl Rove, may lift President Bush’s poll numbers, allowing the White House and the GOP to get off the defensive. [WP; WP]

• Democrats pick Vietnam War veteran and former Reagan Navy Secretary James Webb to run against Sen. George Allen (R-VA). [WP; WP; NYT]
• At the Take Back America conference, liberal activists boo and hiss at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), after she reiterates her opposition to a timetable for Iraq withdrawal. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) denounces the war, to cheers and applause. [WP]
• Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) pleads guilty to driving under the influence of prescription medication, gets a year of probation. [WP; NYT]
• Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV), currently under federal investigation, acknowledges numerous mistakes in his financial disclosure forms. [WP; NYT]

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