Christo-Fascist Kookinelli Tampers with Virginia's Seal

Virginia Attorney General Ken "Kookinelli" Cuccinelli is obviously working hard to prove to the world that he's totally insane and a fool to boot. Now the homophobe extraordinaire is tampering with the great seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia to make it "PG." God forbid that a bare breast be shown to anyone even though the seal has sufficed since 1776 for non-Kool-Aid drinkers. Virginians seriously need to look into how this nutcase can be removed from office. I cannot help but believe that a detailed psychological profile test would indicate that he needs to be institutionalized. Meanwhile, it is ironic that Virginia has further reduced its already pitiful funding for mental health services since Kookinelli obviously could use some help. It's also interesting that rumors that Cuccinelli might actually be a self-loathing closet case may be correct if he's so afraid of a naked female breast. The Virginian Pilot has a story on Kookinelli's latest idiocy. Here are some highlights:
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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli apparently isn’t fond of wardrobe malfunctions, even when Virginia’s state seal is involved. The seal depicts the Roman goddess Virtus, or virtue, wearing a blue tunic draped over one shoulder, her left breast exposed. But on the new lapel pins Cuccinelli recently handed out to his staff, Virtus’ bosom is covered by an armored breastplate.
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When the new design came up at a staff meeting, workers in attendance said Cuccinelli joked that it converts a risqué image into a PG one. The joke might be on him, said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. “When you ask to be ridiculed, it usually happens. And it will happen here, nationally,” he said. “This is classical art, for goodness’ sake.”
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If the jokes start to fly, Cuccinelli can’t say he didn’t see it coming, Sabato said – not after what happened in 2002, when U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft ordered drapes installed to cover partially nude statues at the Justice Department. “Ashcroft had one excuse: it hadn’t been done before and he wasn’t prepared for the critical onslaught that he faced,” Sabato said. “Cuccinelli has no excuse at all. He knows what’s coming because of what happened to Ashcroft. You can only conclude that he enjoys being the center of pointless controversy.”
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The Great Seal of the Commonwealth is a two-sided image that dates to 1776. The side depicted on the state flag features Virtus standing victoriously over Tyranny, a male figure prone on the ground in defeat, his crown fallen from his head. Beneath him is the motto Sic Semper Tyrannis: Thus Always to Tyrants.
Three Roman goddesses – Libertas, Aeternitas and Ceres – grace the reverse side of the seal.
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Multiple varieties of the seal have been used over the years, said State Capitol historian Mark Greenough. The modern version is based on language added to the state code in 1930, which specifies that Virtus is “dressed as an Amazon” while clutching a spear in one hand and a sword in the other.
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The secretary of the commonwealth, Janet Polarek, is charged by law with being the keeper of the seal. Asked for an assessment of Cuccinelli’s interpretation, she declined to offer an opinion. When Virtus was fighting Tyranny, Polarek said, “a dress code was probably not her first concern.”