Taylor Marsh – TaylorMarsh.com – News, Opinion and Weblog on Progressive Politics

Forget the 1960s.

The minute William Jefferson Clinton unzipped his pants, yet again,

this time leaving evidence of his pleasure on his paramour, all political

hell broke loose.  The furor of the righteous would not be quenched

until they drove this man from office.  How dare he have sex in the

hallowed rooms of our beloved White House with a woman who was not his

wife, which was only half the rub.  The real vitriol focused on the

Clintons had more to do with their cultural views on everything from abortion

to gay to civil rights and affirmative action, to the environment and other

issues the right wing whackos found to be against God’s laws.  The

“rule of law” had nothing to do with it.  Well, the cultural war that’s

been raging for decades, further fueled by our exiting president, has now

come to the brink of holy cultural Armageddon. (see RowVBush.com) 

Isn’t this delicious?  In a word, yes.

Welcome to Washington, President-elect George II.

Mr. President, you really miscalculated with Ashcroft, sir.  You

really believed this nod to the religious right would say “thank you” to

them without stirring up too much opposition, though you clearly expected

some.  Didn’t you, sir?  But you never in a million years calculated

on this one did you?  (see NARAL.org)

Well, your denseness (or is it really arrogance) is our gain, because nothing

nor no one could have brought out the cultural warriors better than Mr.

John Ashcroft for Attorney General.

As I stated in my

column this week, I believe Senator Ashcroft will be confirmed. 

In fact, I believe he should be.

This nomination has shown President-elect George II to have the right

wing conservative heart lots of us always knew he had.  The testimony

against Mr. Ashcroft has been strident, raucous and demonstrably impressive

in regard to showing him as the anti-choice (see NARAL.org),

anti-reproductive rights zealot (see NOW.org)

and insensitive conservative that most fair-minded Americans love to hate. 

It has been deliciously informative, contentious and enlightening, with

a bit of theatricality thrown in for good measure.  The Democrats

must confirm him because this will serve our purpose in the long run. 

The last thing we want is Senator Ashcroft on the Supreme Court, which

has been rumored in many mainstream papers.  The warning is clear

for future court appointees. (see WashingtonPost.com)

Reproductive rights, sexual freedom and gender liberation is only part

of the raging Armaggeddon (see Salon.com),

which will continue throughout the next months, perhaps years.  The

freedom to access erotic and adult material on the Web, as well as disseminate

such material across the country will be in great danger with the new Justice

Department under Ashcroft.  This is no news flash, however, because

a Bush-Cheney win was always seen by the adult industry as a threat. 

But the reality of steep fines and enforced jail sentences for adult entertainment

entrepreneurs, especially those smaller business owners, increases exponentially

when the new administration takes over.  Ashcroft is sure to be a

major enforcer of the adult material purveyors who so much as breathe too

heavily in the wrong community.  The word “obscenity” could get a

whole new meaning.

The conservative religious right movement is alive and well and will

soon be running their ideas through Washington.  Religious agenda

by stealth is their new method.  But the opposition is mobilized like

never before, stirred to action by the Ashcroft nomination.  Ordinary

Americans seemed to need this swift shock of conservative reality to realize

that sexual, gender and reproductive freedoms, among others, are only manifest

if the governed insist on having officials who respect the people’s individual

liberties and freedom of choice, all kinds of choices.

Let’s give President-elect George II the attorney general he so desires. 

In fact, let’s serve him up toasted well on both sides without any sauce. 

Then let’s watch him live with his choice each day, each month, year by

year until… Well, until the free, sexually alive and fully liberated majority

take back the House, the Senate and…

Welcome to Washington, President George II.  We’re going to take

good care of you.

Tags: Bill Clinton, culture, right wing, women