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		By: Jennifer Estep		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve seen the ads talking about Webb&#039;s books, and I don&#039;t think the criticism is fair. There was another race this year (or maybe it was a few years ago?) when someone tried to make an issue out of the fact that a candidate wrote some romance novels. I think that race was in Texas.

I don&#039;t think Thomas Harris is a psycho killer just because he writes the Hannibal Lecter books. Or that Lee Child is an ice-cold killing machine because he writes the Jack Reacher series. It&#039;s called having an imagination, and there&#039;s nothing wrong with it.

What would be important to me as a voter is Webb&#039;s stance on various issues like the environment, raising taxes, health care, etc. Not whether he wrote a couple of books.

As for &quot;Karma Girl,&quot; I fully expect some little old lady to call the newspaper or write a letter to the editor demanding that I be fired for writing such &quot;smut.&quot; :-)

That&#039;s another thing. People get so offended by the slightest little thing these days, especially when it comes to entertainment. All they have to do to show their displeasure is not buy the book, not see the movie, etc., instead of going off on a tirade.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve seen the ads talking about Webb&#8217;s books, and I don&#8217;t think the criticism is fair. There was another race this year (or maybe it was a few years ago?) when someone tried to make an issue out of the fact that a candidate wrote some romance novels. I think that race was in Texas.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think Thomas Harris is a psycho killer just because he writes the Hannibal Lecter books. Or that Lee Child is an ice-cold killing machine because he writes the Jack Reacher series. It&#8217;s called having an imagination, and there&#8217;s nothing wrong with it.</p>
<p>What would be important to me as a voter is Webb&#8217;s stance on various issues like the environment, raising taxes, health care, etc. Not whether he wrote a couple of books.</p>
<p>As for &#8220;Karma Girl,&#8221; I fully expect some little old lady to call the newspaper or write a letter to the editor demanding that I be fired for writing such &#8220;smut.&#8221; 🙂</p>
<p>That&#8217;s another thing. People get so offended by the slightest little thing these days, especially when it comes to entertainment. All they have to do to show their displeasure is not buy the book, not see the movie, etc., instead of going off on a tirade.</p>
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		By: Brian		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sex in books has played a role in todayâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s Senate race between Allen and Webb.  So even though it is a little late, I wonder what is your take on criticism of Jim Webbâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s novels and how they have become political ammunition for his opponent.  Just think â€“ After Karma Girl comes out your chances of serving in the Senate could be over.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sex in books has played a role in todayâ€™s Senate race between Allen and Webb.  So even though it is a little late, I wonder what is your take on criticism of Jim Webbâ€™s novels and how they have become political ammunition for his opponent.  Just think â€“ After Karma Girl comes out your chances of serving in the Senate could be over.</p>
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