Congressional Campaigns Play 'Limbo'

How low can they go?

On the morning when WaPo's top politics story is about the "outlandish" negative advertizing this election cycle, Senator George Allen makes news with a press appearance revealing prurient passages from opponent Jim Webb's war novels. Webb has now gone on record saying his novels are "'a little bit inappropriate' to be read on news radio." The controversy is taking on Clintonian dimensions, with debate on what does or does not constitute "a sexual act".

Allen's press release - apparently only published by the Drudge Report as edited news sources couldn't confirm the quotes quickly enough for today's papers - reads:

Webb’s novels disturbingly and consistently – indeed, almost uniformly – portray women as servile, subordinate, inept, incompetent, promiscuous, perverted, or some combination of these. In novel after novel, Webb assigns his female characters base, negative characteristics. In thousands of pages of fiction penned by Webb, there are few if any strong, admirable women or positive female role models.

Why does Jim Webb refuse to portray women in a respectful, positive light, whether in his non-fiction concerning their role in the military, or in his provocative novels? How can women trust him to represent their views in the Senate when chauvinistic attitudes and sexually exploitive references run throughout his fiction and non-fiction writings?

Global Review declines to link to the complete content, which is essentially porn writing.