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RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN) -- A bitter Senate campaign entering its final stretch turned 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-Virginia, 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 listed passages include children in sexual situations.

October 27, 2006George Allen: You Have Not Earned the Right to Question Jim Webb’s Recollections of War – So Just Shut UpAnd to Chris LaCivita, Who Did Serve, You Should Know Better – Shame on You To: George Allen and his campaign From: Steve Jarding Re: Shame on both of you George Allen and his campaign hit men this week chose to again attack Jim Webb and his military experiences, this time by taking passages from Webb’s novels to try to suggest that the explicit war time experiences Webb writes about are demeaning and repugnant. On their attacks, I would...