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Enjoy! http://www.nationalpost.com/review/story.html?id=4D8C97B8-56E5-4000-8... Canada's 'Republican Babe of the Week' Rachel Marsden is a sharpshooting political pundit with a sex-kitten image who made headlines in the past over a controversial sexual harassment complaint. Brian Hutchinson   National Post Saturday, August 09, 2003 Suddenly, they are everywhere: scores of beautiful young women, intelligent and sharp of tongue, peddling arch-conservative views in print, on radio and on television. Their most famous member is Ann Coulter, author of the controversial neo-con screed Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, excerpted recently in this newspaper. Coulter is the leading poster girl of the American right. Other conservative babes include blonde bombshells Debbie Schlussel (author of such articles as How the Saudis Run America ) and Kirsten Andersen ( My Hero, Nancy Reagan ). They pose provocatively on their own Web sites and on other appreciative Internet showcases, including Republican Babe of the Week and ConservaChicks. They do not discourage solicitous labelling; indeed, they invite it. While their posturing can appear contrived, their opinions are often well-crafted and are welcome diversions from some of the predictable blather served up by cheerless media leftists. There is now a Canadian in their ranks. Rachel Marsden is a 28-year-old conservative sharpshooter with most of the requisite babe-pundit features: stunning looks, good writing skills, a rapier wit and her own Web site. She is friends, she says, with Ann Coulter; they both attended the conservative National Journalism Center in Washington, D.C. Marsden suggests she is a Republican party insider, claiming to have attended strategy meetings with members of the Bush administration. Her various biographies indicate she has a wealth of journalistic experience, in United States and Canada. If her name seems familiar, however, it is not likely to do with any piece of commentary she may have written. In 1996, while attending Simon Fraser University near Vancouver, Marsden alleged the school's swim coach had raped her. In 1997, following an internal SFU inquiry, the coach, Liam Donnelly, was fired. He was soon reinstated, however, after putting forward evidence that cast doubt upon Marsden's credibility. Marsden admitted to having frequently sent Donnelly gifts and sexually explicit e-mails. She claimed they were intended to draw him into a discussion of his alleged sexual harassment. According to Donnelly, Marsden had been stalking him for months. It was a dark episode in SFU's history. The school's president resigned over it, citing depression. Several cases of false accusations by other SFU students subsequently came to light; compensation to teachers previously disciplined over false harassment claims totalled hundreds of thousands of dollars. Marsden was later accused of harassing the former head of SFU's own harassment office, Patricia O'Hagan, and, later, SFU criminology professor Neil Boyd. Last fall, Marsden was charged with criminal harassment of former Vancouver radio personality Michael Morgan, 52. None of this appears on rachelmarsden.com, Marsden's personal Web site. Her homepage does feature a sexy self-portrait; Marsden is shown reclined on a chair, her bare legs dangling from a flimsy pink dress. Her online opinions are presented in the form of editorial columns, most of them apparently written from Washington. D.C., where she spends much of her time. While positioning herself as a Coulter-esque commentator on American life and politics, Marsden frequently refers to Canadian issues, such as the Ontario Court of Appeal's ruling on same-sex marriage. There is nothing more disturbing than watching gays flitting around Toronto with rainbow-coloured 'just married' signs, and flashing matching groom wedding bands, she wrote recently. Maybe people can start dragging their cats and dogs to the alter [sic] in order to legitimize the special relationship between pet and pet-owner? Give me a break. Jean Chrétien, the Prime Minister, is a frequent target. Chrétien has held federal office considerably longer than I've been alive, Marsden wrote in a column she posted in May. He's a dust-farting holdover from the Pierre Trudeau regime of the late 1960s.... Canada's very own Godzilla-with-a-French-accent still has more damage to inflict before his time in office runs out. Strong stuff. Marsden's essays are tough, at times even nasty, but they are undeniably lively, and for the most part, they read well. In June, she launched a tart defence of uber-frau Martha Stewart, whom she felt was unfairly targeted by securities investigators and members of the public in wake of the ImClone insider trading scandal: If men hate Martha because she's managed to wedge herself into a prominent place at their business table, women hate her because she represents an unattainable standard of domestic utopia and career/professional overachievement. She's everything they could never be

So much for casting a shadow in Washington's inner sanctum. But Marsden's mission is not all about rubbing shoulders with politicians. Her real goal, she says, is to give conservatism a more widespread, mainstream appeal. Conservatism, she adds, isn't just for old, angry white men in stuffy suits. Apparently, it is also for babes with liberal imaginations. Unbelievable. We have to get Rick on this case. I swear she has to be a working girl, cause she sure ain't making any money from a real job. I saw her a year ago on Crossfire, well that's what her resume will say. She was in the audience and asked a question ! What we have here, is one sick, manipulative, psycho con artist from Hell. Jim

What we have here, is one sick, manipulative, psycho con artist from Hell. Jim Yes, but is she any good on face-offs???? Professor I would guess she's the best. One kiss and your face would almost assuredly fall off. She must have more face-offs than the Molokai Hockey League ! Jim

<snipped Unbelievable. We have to get Rick on this case. I swear she has to be a working girl, cause she sure ain't making any money from a real job. snip< What we have here, is one sick, manipulative, psycho con artist from Hell. Jim Her real goal, she says, is to give conservatism a more widespread, mainstream appeal. Okay, following is a list of Rachel Marsden's contribution to conservatism, and society: ...Umm, okay, that didn't work as well as I'd hoped. Never mind. http://makeashorter_link_.com/?G43525D85 S

Okay, following is a list of Rachel Marsden's contribution to conservatism, and society: Gee, those contributions to society show that she ranks right up there with any other conservative you can name.                                    Joe .

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