Posted on 01/28/2002 6:14:04 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Fed up with having his picture taken during events in the Justice Department's Great Hall in front of semi-nude statues, Attorney General John Ashcroft has reportedly ordered massive draperies to conceal the offending figures -- which have been displayed since the 1930s!
The draperies were installed last week at a cost of just over $8,000, reports ABCNEWS.com's Beverley Lumpkin.
At the center of the controversy: two enormous and stylized but largely naked aluminum statues.
The female figure represents the Spirit of Justice; the male on the right is the Majesty of Justice. The male is clad in only a cloth draped over his essential parts; the female wears a sort of toga-style garment, but one breast is entirely exposed.
Last November, during a press conference announcing new challenges of fighting terrorism, Ashcroft was photographed with the naked breast right over his shoulder!
The snap ran in major papers.
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What we need here are some voices of moderation. This whole thread is just crying out for Bert.
It was silly even if it is within his privilege to do so.
[ ] I think JA created a public image problem
They are fitting into a bad characterization that will be SNL fodder.
He will be laughed at as the fundie cretin who was afraid he'd get a boner for a aluminum tit.
This is true; however, Lumpy wrote the real truth: The natural habitat of a liberal "newsperson" is in the dirt. ;-)
Uhhh,semi-real thing. Silicone instead of aluminum. Definitely a step up,though.
So what does THAT prove? That the press hates him and will do everything they can to make him look stupid.
Yes, the press thinks that the American viewing audience is ALSO juvenile and stupid, sadly they're right.
SO deal with it, it doesn't mean that Ashcroft needs to go around covering up everything in the background that he finds personally objectionable.
Reagan never would have done this.
He should move his conference area if it's such an issue.
Better that he be constantly seen in front of an exposed boob, than to pull this stunt and PROVE THAT HE IS ONE!
I can understand this point but I dont think they are handling it too well.
I appreciate your clarity on this topic, and I quite agree this cover-up could have easily been nipped in the bud before it became such a big bust for the AG. And of course the ninnies would say tongue in cheek that they are only trying to help.
I have worries protesters will use this issue as a foundation for dissent by covering up publicly owned art and standing next to their work with signs correlating what they are doing with this action by the AG.
I have fears he left himself wide open by putting this art under cover.
Dude, who is going to think something like that (double entndre), other than some sick-o? Going there, either pre-emptively or from the pages of some goofy left-wing rag makes either look like a perv.I think JA was correct in coverning up the statueThat's his right, IMHO. He has the right not to be photographed with a statue that creates double entndre.
Why did those damn Republicans close down the government in 1995?
Because the Democrat press said they did. ;-)
I think it's a damn shame nobody bothered to ask her at any of her press conferences EXACTLY HOW she did her research to arrive at the "proper" number. You know,the absolute minimum number of dildoes she needed to make it through the month.Not to mention the explanation for how she kept breaking and wearing them out. I'd of LOVED to have heard the answer to those questions.
No, but I hear he is pushing for burquas for all unclothed statues.
He was making his point with both of the people who support him on this.
I agree--the liberals are going to have a field day with this.
Carolyn
BTW,you could have saved a lot of typing by just saying"But,,,,but,,,,but,...ca,..caaa...,can't we just all get ALONG??"
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