Cuccinelli ditches censored lapel pins, blames the media for making them a ‘distraction.’

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/04/cuccinelli-ditch-lapel/

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) has been widely ridiculed since the Virginian-Pilot reported that he had censored the clothing of the Roman goddess Virtus on lapel pins depicting the Virginia seal he handed out to his staff. Staffers noted that Cuccinelli joked that they convert “a risqué image into a PG one.” His decision was reminiscent of when then-U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft “spent $8,000 on blue drapes” to cover two nude statues at the Justice Department. Cuccinelli has now announced that he will no longer be using the lapel pins, blaming the “distraction” on a “media-made issue.” From his statement:

The image on my office lapel pin is similar to that of a large antique state flag that hangs in the Virginia Capitol. That is where I got the idea for my pin. I liked this particular image and thought it would be something unique for my employees. I cannot believe that joking with my staff about Virtue being a little more “virtuous” in this antique version has become news. This is simply a media-made issue that has become distracting to the work of my office. I am going to end this distraction by discontinuing future use of the pin. I think we all do the citizens a service by getting back to talking about things that are more important to them, including my office’s work last week to get four sexually violent predators committed to mental health treatment, the collection of $225,000 in back debt owed to the commonwealth, and assisting local law enforcement in an investigation that resulted in a drug kingpin being sentenced to life without parole.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Keep on puffin' out that chest, Kenny boy. F'ing idiot. n/t

[HopeHoops]

2. Can't the GOP men just admit the truth? They're afraid of titties!

Especially if they are on a woman in a position of power.

[myrna minx]

3. He's an embarrassment.

How's that $350.00 healthcare lawsuit going? :rofl: It seems he's competing with Bachmann for the coveted "most stupid elected official" title.

[FSogol]

4. +1 n/t

[katandmoon]

5. Don't move, Ken! I'll call the waaaaaaaaaaahmbulance for you!

[rocktivity]

9. Their phone number is

WHINE-1-1.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[bluedeminredstate]

6. I've been embarassed for Virginia

since this clown was elected. He's one of many in a long line of idiots the Commonwealth has had in office since I moved her over 20 years ago.

:blush:

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Thanks to the puritanical moron...

Such a Nice Design, Even Joe Skiba Likes It

Thanks to the puritanical moron who currently occupies the Virginia Attorney General’s office, the State Seal of Virginia now has a new uniform, of sorts.

[nykym]

7. Yes lets blame the Media

But do not look into the fact that Cuccinelli took the time to find an image he liked modify it and create a pin for his staff most likely at the expense of the taxpayers of Virginia. Maybe he should be fighting MORE crime and leave the designing to artists.

[rocktivity]

8. I'd STILL like to know why

it would have cost MORE than $8,000 for Ashcroft to simply have the camera angle changed.

:eyes:
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[Ikonoklast]

10. No, you idiot, YOU are the 'distratction'.

Why is it these mentally challenged jeebus jumpers feel they have to inflict their warped sense of moral rectitude on the public, instead of just DOING THE JOB THEY WERE ELECTED TO DO??