Richard Just inadvertently makes it, and in the process convinces Lew Rockwell that Webb would indeed be a good VP for Obama. Writes Just, his pulse no doubt racing:

In his book Born Fighting, you can practically feel the resentment coming off the page when he writes, “The slurs stick to me … Rednecks. Trailer-park trash. Racists. Cannon fodder. My ancestors. My people. Me.” To disaggregate these resentments: There is Webb’s resentment of elites, whom, as Eve notes, he derides as “people of books and pep clubs and prom committees.” (People of books–what an ugly phrase, especially given that Webb himself is a writer. Haven’t we had enough of the anti-intellectualism of George W. Bush and others who insist that there is virtue in ignorance?) There are also his resentments that focus on gender and ethnicity.

The horror! Of course, accusing Webb — author of eight well-regarded books — of anti-intellectualism is a bit rich. But there’s no doubt that Webb is not Just’s kind of people, which is precisely why conservatives, libertarians, and regular Americans like him. (And by way of full disclosure, as well as an advertisement, the forthcoming issue of TAC carries Webb’s byline. Look for it in a couple of weeks.)