Draping History. Ashcroft orders semi-nude statues covered.

ABC News ^ | January 25, 2002 | Beverley Lumpkin

[Straight Vermonter]

This is pretty funny. I wonder when the Pope will have bathing suits painted on those people on the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.

Actually alot of the "coverings" were removed from the figures in the Sistine Chapel. I think they were on the altar wall.

[ZULU]

"a big Art Deco feature."

Art Deco - the Nadir of American artistic style.

Personally, I don't have a problem with naked statues. On the other hand, ANYTHING which aggrevates liberals has my support!

[R. Scott]

$8,000? Hope he doesn't come to Virginia for a photo op – our State Seal might show up in the pictures.

[weikel]

Why do you think he's a leftist.

[1 spark]

I agree with you. Much ado about nothing.

Are there draperies being put up in the room to hide the statues, or is material being draped over the statues? Either moves makes Ashcroft look uptight while the photographers are just "funnin' ". If it bothered him that much, why not stand somewhere else for photo ops, or move the statues?

Gotta admit, just the mental picture of Mini-Lou's boob, behind Meese as he delivers his report on the commission of pornography, is really quite funny.

Unfortunately, I'll bet a lot of funny photo ops with clinton were missed, or never made it to press.

[Dallas]

It's not easy being a statue in a world full of pigeons.

[1 spark]

LOL! I just clicked on the link. It IS funny...and now after seeing it, i think they ought to just move the statue or stand elsewhere.

[RJCogburn]

I think Ashcroft has more important things to do, like, say.....

see justice done in the matter of campaign finance corruption, which means Chinagate, which means espionage, which means danger to our national security. Or maybe with the matter of the shareholders of Loral being fined while the CEO, the real criminal in the matter, skates free.

Oh, that's right, in this area there is no justice at Justice. Better spend your time covering statues, you sanctimonious fraud.

[Demidog]

LOL. We'll hold people in prisons for indefinate periods of time without charging them with crimes but it would be wrong to see a breast. There's more than alittle wrong with that picture.

[Demidog]

Think of the governmental waste that went into making the statue.

[Brad C.]

Why don't they just put the speaker's platform on the other side of the room? Does anybody know if the art will be on display when there are no press engagements? It would be sad that taxpayers can't see what tax dollars bought.

[riley1992]

The draperies installed last week at a cost of just over $8,000.

I'm sure I am totally safe in assuming this little expenditure came out of his own pocket, right?

[Dimensio]

Any confirmation of this? This smells like an urban legend in the making.

[John Jorsett]

The proof will be quite evident on the statues if it's true.

[mindprism.com]

I keep forgetting which one makes up their news...

I keep forgetting -- Which is the Taliban. Im sure there are a few Burkas we can borrow to save on the cost of draperies.