From SLATE's news summary: >Then there is this twist in a Senate race
that often seems stranger than fiction: In Virginia, Republican
incumbent George Allen put out a news release titled "Webb's Weird
World," quoting sexually explicit passages ("He saw the invitation
with every bouncing breast and curved hip … ") from novels written
years ago by his Democratic challenger, James Webb. Allen, stung
earlier by macaca-gate, calls the writings "very disturbing for a
candidate hoping to represent families of Virginians." An
outraged—outraged!—Webb insists the passages have been taken out of
context and has joined his opponent on the low road with a reference
to another old novel: "You can read Lynne Cheney's lesbian love scenes
if you want to get graphic on stuff." The Post alone notes that the
Allen camp has been trying unsuccessfully to peddle the story to news
organization for weeks and got traction only after the Drudge Report
posted it online.<
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Jim Devine / "I wanna be with you in paradise / And it seems so unfair
/ I can't go to paradise no more / I killed a man back there." -- Bob
Dylan.
