Putting facts out there is fine. Allen is not saying "Webb wrote this....". He is saying: "Webb wrote this and he's a filthy degenerate scumbag." That's wrong.
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?
· Most Virginians and Americans would find passages such as those below shocking, especially coming from the pen of someone who seeks the privilege of serving in the United States Senate, one of the highest offices in the land:
(ed. I don't see any claims that Webb is a filthy degenerate scumbag. Just that his writings are "shocking" and "disturbing."
And that's different from the phony, manufactured pile of 'macaca' how?
Frankly, I'm glad the gloves are off. The Dems get passes for their bad behavior and ill will for any one of a million reasons. The Repubs get slammed for a word that took days to figure out 'might' offend someone.
No, I believe he is saying Webb writes trash which I happen to agree with.