Like he nothing better to do......
Big time! This meaningless gesture (if true) just lost him any chance of a Supreme Court confirmation. He'll be made out to be an idiot over this.
I see a campaign commercial coming. The Taliban destroys statues, Ashcroft hides them.
So what!? Who gives a flying fig what the freakin' left stereotypes the right as or what they brandish against us!? By changing one's desired actions so as to avoid the derision of the left you give the left that much power over you. I say 'To Hell with the left!'
One of the funniest moments in fedgov history was Meese delivering his porn study in between two naked statues.
Actually, Lumpy lets the cat out of the bag in her article:
...At the opposite end of the hall, on either side of the stage, are two enormous and stylized but largely naked aluminum statues. On the left, 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. She's been fondly referred to for years by at least some as "Minnie Lou."
And she's the one the photographers seek out. The most famous pictures of all were shot when former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese proudly released the final report of his commission on pornography. No one in the Great Hall that day could ever forget the spectacle of the still photographers writhing on the floor, flat on their backs, in order to grab the shot of Meese holding up the porn report with Minnie Lou's breast over his shoulder.
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Basically, Bevvy is reporting that liberal photogs are a crowd of propaganda-producing a**holes who literally crawled on the floor to make a Pubbie look bad. Meese should have had some assistants empty buckets of kitchen slops on those little pee-ants.
However, on the bright side, this gives us leave to edit photos of Democrats, putting the "squalling baby" emblem in the background or a ripe red pucker, if we so desire.
I mean, Dan Rather didn't have a problem with a little creative photo editing, did he? ;-)
I agree--the liberals are going to have a field day with this.
Carolyn
You meant they're not screaming "government cover-up?"
I have visions of a Mel Brooks or Leslie Nielson film where the statues don clothing every time Ashcroft enters the room.
I agree with you Laz. Tastefully nude statues have always been, for the most part, acceptable as works of art. At least so far nobody has demanded that they be changed to statues of a bi-racial homosexual "couple" brazenly pawing each other or of the virgin Mary holding a glass of urine.
I hope this isn't true. Is it anywhere other than Drudge? Ashcroft is incredibly stupid to pick nits at this point. Cripes!