A woman e-mails:

Kathryn–
Keep hammering at this. The Coakley rape ad is troubling on all kinds of levels. Obviously, the sick and despicable nature of the lie it tells gets top billing. But here’s the top law enforcement officer for the State of Massachusettes (sic) trumpeting the fact that 1736 women are raped in her state annually, close to 5 per day. Quick, someone tell the state’s Attorney General!
And what about those women in the picture? First they’re raped, then exploited. Highly doubtful these women are actual rape victims at all, though. It looks like a blurred ad for Classmates.com
If they are victims, did the campaign get a signed release from each of them to use their photos for political exploitation? If they’re not victims, who are they? Do they know their pics are being used that way? Blurred or not, they’re recognizable enough. Imagine seeing yourself or you daughter in this ad.