The Webb vs. Allen race in Virginia just got interesting all of a sudden. It turns out that the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Jim Webb, has written a string of sleazy novels containing graphic scenes of underage sex, and ecdysial performers who slice bananas with their vaginal muscles. (The actual passages in the Webb smut books are too raunchy to reproduce herein.)
Today’s reading: Job 31:35-36
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin criticizes Sen. Allen’s literary criticism, thusly:
I don’t think, however, that the Allen campaign — couldn’t they leave this to surrogates? — should be trafficking in this late October muck. It is beneath them and there’s plenty else about Webb that is damning.
Indeed.
ecdysial performers
Nice phrase!
Politics turn uglier as Allen unearths Webb’s writing, releases excerpts of passages that show underage sex and incest.
Yea ok, I get it already. Politics is ugly. In my last blog I noted that this is the ugliest election year I can remember. Well this is that much more so.
This is as ugly as I have ever seen. But…at the same time, if Foley…
Interesting, This episode falls under the catagory of “He who is without sin, etc”….Here’s why.
The reason this won’t hurt Webb, but could damage Allen, is Webb is protected by none other than Dick Cheney’s, (Ex-Chief of Staff), Scooter Libby.
Libby wrote a novel, “The Apprentice”, that has 10 year old girls being raped by bears in a cage so to train the girls for sex with adults.
Goes right into the White House corrupt morality idea.
Plus, John McCain likes the novel and has stated so.
Allen just may have stepped on a land mine planted by Scooter Libby.
Politicians should stick to issues, not throw smut around.
Boy, am I glad I’m out of bananas.
It is unclear (to me, at least) whether the banana was sliced crosswise or lengthwise. I will e-mail Mr. Webb for a clarification.
This sort of thing just feels so dirty to me.
People spend so much time defending fictional works like Harry Potter and whatnot by saying “it’s only FICTION,” so it’s no big deal, but as soon as a politician dares write some fiction of his own he get’s crap for it.
It’s gotta be one way or the other.
Me? I say leave the works of fiction created by people out of their record as a politician.
“JESSE VENTURA USED A MINIGUN TO SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROY THE FOLIAGE IN A QUARTER-MILE AREA OF JUNGLE, SPILLING THE RADIOACTIVE BLOOD OF ONE PREDATOR ONTO THE PREVIOUSLY-FERTILE GROUND. JESSE VENTURA HATES THE ENVIRONMENT…”