A good example of this obsessive behavior is Ken Cuccinelli's latest attempt to update the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia. If you are wondering what the Seal of Virginia looks like, you needn't look far if you are in Virginia: the seal is the center of the Virginia state flag of Virginia.
It's a nice flag: I like it.Now you may notice that Virginia's seal features an image of the Roman goddess Virtus ("Virtue") with her left breast bared. This apparently upset Ken Cuccinelli, who may want to steer clear of the newly re-opened Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Anyway, Cuccinelli, who is apparently profoundly upset by the public depiction of female nudity, even on tiny reprodutions of classical art, and so he set out to redesign the official seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia into something that wouldn't upset him so much.
For some bizarre reason that defies explanation, Ken Cuccinelli chose to borrow the design for his new "personal" state seal from the center of a Confederate battle flag: the flag of the 28th Virginia regiment of infantry. Here's the 28th Virginia's flag:
And now here's Ken Cuccinelli's new and improved "personal" non-official state seal of Virginia:
Yikes! Does the current Republican Party of Virginia do anything without first asking "What would Jefferson Davis do?" This version of the state seal is not unique to the 28th Virginia's flag; it appears to be the version of the seal used by the "Confederate State of Virginia," not the Commonwealth of Virginia that belongs to the United States of America. Why would Ken Cuccinelli dredge up yet another divisive symbol of the Confederacy during Confederate History Month?The Confederate origin of the design was first discovered and reported upon by Julian Walker of the Pilot on Politics.
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I could almost, sorta, kinda, MAYBE understand if he wanted to cover the exposed breast. (A tad prudish perhaps, but at least I could understand) But of all the ways Mr. Cuccinelli could have achieved that, he chose to use the Confederate State of Virginia seal to do it? He couldn't just..I don't know, put Virtus in a nice sleeveless gown???
I could almost, sorta, kinda, MAYBE understand if he wanted to cover the exposed breast. (A tad prudish perhaps, but at least I could understand) But of all the ways Mr. Cuccinelli could have achieved that, he chose to use the Confederate State of Virginia seal to do it? He couldn't just..I don't know, put Virtus in a nice sleeveless gown???
Please join us on Facebook: Friends of the Great Seal of Virginia. Many of us prefer our elected officials use state approved designs and we hope that there is much more important things for the AG to be working on instead of changing the state seal.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107200565989390&v=wall
The historical versions of the SEAL are more similar to the AG's pin than our current seal. The SEAL wasn't standardized until 1930's. There were lots of versions (mostly one's sporting a breastplate) out there. The VA flag code (Ordinance No. 30, Adopted April 30, 1861) said nothing about a specific design other than this:
"Virtus, the genius of the commonwealth, dressed like an Amazon, resting on a... See More spear with one hand, and holding a sword in other, and treading on tyranny, represented by a man prostrate, a crown fallen from his head, a broken chain in his left hand and a scourge in his right. In the exergon the word Virginia over the head of Virtus, and underneath the words "Sic Semper Tyrannis."
If there had been a standardized version of the seal (as peddled by our AG haters) do you not think they would have mentioned it when they wrote the code for our state flag?
I think the attempts to demonize Cuccinelli over the use of a historical seal in a lapel pin that he paid for are laughable. Those who want to mock him would do well to learn a little more history about our great state.
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/seals/va_seal.htm
Excuse the "... See More" in front of "spear" in the middle of my post. It was a mistake. :)
I'd like you and your readers to join my campaign to laugh The Coochie out of office.
Send a Pic of Your Left Tit to the Coochie.
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Male or female, it doesn't matter-a boob for a boob is still a boob.
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