Is Insulting. "aborts" & "terminated" could those words have been chosen based on their "emotional load" ? Symbolic rape is still rape.

The other Democrat who'll be on the November ballot is Ben Allen. He is no way "playing along" with the right-wing attacks on Fluke. He's described her as "very smart" but has argued that, as president of the local school board, he has more experience than she does. That's a perfectly normal argument for an elected official to make against an opponent who's never held public office.

As far as I can see from the linked article, the only basis for criticizing Allen is that he gave an interview to Breitbart. Obviously, Breitbart would have little interest in a California State Senate race, and still less interest in giving a platform to a liberal Democrat in that race, except that Sandra Fluke was on the ballot. Doubtless Breitbart was hoping for something negative about her. Allen didn't throw them any red meat, though.

The comments (presumably from Breitbart regulars) are about what you'd expect -- ignoramus vitriol toward Fluke and nothing about Allen or anything he said. Allen can't be blamed for that, though.