Webb on sex passage recital: 'It's smear after smear'
RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN) -- The bitter Senate campaign in Virginia turned uglier Friday when the Republican incumbent pulled up sexual passages from novels written by his Democratic opponent, who called the move baseless character assassination.In a news release and list of quotes posted Friday on the Drudge Report Web site, Sen. George Allen accused his opponent, former Navy Secretary Jim Webb, of "demeaning women" and "dehumanizing women, men and even children" through his fiction writings. At least two of the listed passages include children in sexual situations.
There was, however, a Thursday statement from Chris LaCivita, general consultant for the Allen campaign, saying some references in Webb's novels are "disturbing" and "portray women as servile, subordinate and promiscuous." [They're effing stories, for Pete's sake... Does J.K. Rowling believe in dragons because she writes about them in Harry Potter books?]
Webb served in Vietnam and later led the Navy during the Reagan administration. He is running as a Democrat. [Again, we've got another lifelong civilian challenging the character of an American war hero. Sure, war heroes aren't necessarily saints, but don't people get tired of this personal crap? Do people even care about the issues anymore?]
He has written six best-selling novels from 1978 to 2001, his Web site says. His writings have largely focused on war and military storylines, influenced by things he experienced.
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- October 28, 2006
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