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Friday, October 27, 2006
Sexual passages become an issue in Virginia race
RICHMOND (CNN) -- A bitter Senate campaign entering its final stretch turned even uglier Friday, as a 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, R-Va., 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 passages listed include children in sexual situations.

Allen's campaign did not include the press release and list of passages on its Web site, where press releases are generally posted. There was, however, a statement dated Thursday 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."


-- CNN's Joshua Levs
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