Macaca Strikes Back

After all the grief George Allen had to take from the Webb campaign after the "Macaca" incident, you might think he was just a little bit bitter. Well, that bitterness came out in spades as Allen is throwing Webb's own words, thanks to his books, right back in his face (from Drudge):

The press release, as provided by the Allen Campaign:

WEBB’S WEIRD WORLD

The Author’s Disturbing Writings Show a Continued Pattern of Demeaning Women

· Some of Webb’s writings are very disturbing for a candidate hoping to represent the families of Virginians in the U.S. Senate.

· Many excellent books about the United States military and wartime service accomplish their purposes, and even win awards, without systematically demeaning women, and without dehumanizing women, men and even children.

· 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?

I'm not going to reprint the passages here - they're a little too graphic for me. If you must, you can read them here.

You have to hand it to the Allen campaign - they kept their powder dry until they could hit the hardest, and dropping something like this on Webb at this late date will probably effectively end his campaign.