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.
Developing...
To compare the AG with the Taliban is not a appropriate thing to do.IMHO.
Didn't I already read this in The Onion?
WELL I THINK ALL THE RATS HAVE NAKED LITTLE BOYS AROUND THEIR POOLS AND IN THEIR COURTYARDS AT HOME DONT THEY he he he or a body in the garden ..........................At least ashcroft is in balnce in the pic the demorats have no balance unless their rainbow colored leaping twits !!
Wonder if Janet Reno would have been equally offended by a large penis hanging over her head during briefings. Just a thought. Will wait for creative graphic.
I can answer those questions! The reason is this: the liberal media would like nothing more than to find a way to continually embarass Ashcroft - why? because he's been open about his commitment to Christ. Sooooo, being the arrogant, rude and a few other things that the liberal media are - they seem to take great joy in getting pictures of Ashcroft with the nude statue. There's nothing against the statue - it's how the media is using it to embarass Ashcroft EVERY TIME HE COMES TO THAT AREA TO MAKE SOME KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENT - this is ridiculous! The easy way to solve the problem is just to cover the statue up and therefore deny the media it's joy at embarassing Ashcroft.
And ... I might add - no self-respecting photographer would have allowed such a rude picture to have made it to the newspapers or magazines.
ROME???? It's clear I don't know how to date. I think a movie and a pizza is a big deal.
However, with Ashcroft (the Godly man), they are eager to embarass him at every turn. In my opinion, he just stole their fire and I think it's really funny. I have a feeling the press didn't think Ashcroft realized what they were up to - but as usual, they have underestimated this admin.
I hope this isn't true. Is it anywhere other than Drudge? Ashcroft is incredibly stupid to pick nits at this point. Cripes!
Uh CS, better start freep-mailing your Libertarian buds, you are losing and your gibberish is not going to save you.
BTW CS, you still haven't answered the question I asked you in reply #420.
How would you react in being Ashcroft's place? Would you just laugh at someone saying that you(central scrutiniser) was acting "titular" in front of a picture of the aluminum boob?
Exactly. I wonder if any the people who are outraged can tell me what the crime is for not being wanted to be defined by the liberal media.
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