But seeking out rape victims for political commercials is slimy, even when you play by Chi-town rules.

Barack Obama's campaign earlier this month sought to find a rape victim to appear in a campaign commercial, according to an email obtained by Politico.

Kiersten Steward, director of public policy at the Family Violence Prevention Fund, served as a conduit between the campaign and victims and women's advocates.

"Obviously, this is a big ask and I havenÂ’t seen a script but presumably it will be a brief this is what happened to me, we need someone who will fight for women like me, these are the guys to do it," Steward wrote in a September 15th email. "Again, thatÂ’s just my assumption given how these things
usually go."

Steward, a former top aide to Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), said the Obama campaign would have a crew in Washington and was hoping to film that week.

The topic of the ad? Abortion, apparently. Seems that Senator Obama and his staff consider the difference between he and McCain to be a matter of “full civil rights”. In other words, while they would never support the execution of a rapist even after a trial with due process, they fully support the execution of the innocent child to be appropriate without any due process at all.

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