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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Terry Jeffrey :: Townhall.com Columnist
The Naked Man at Hillary's Fund-Raiser
by Terry Jeffrey
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Had that fund-raiser been in the Podesta's Virginia home, Mrs. Clinton would have needed to be careful where she tiptoed, otherwise she might have been photographed in a bedroom with naked teenagers.

Don't worry: These were "documentary-style" naked teenagers.

"Folks attending a house tour in the Lake Barcroft neighborhood in Falls Church earlier this year got an eyeful when they walked into a bedroom at the Podesta residence hung with multiple color pictures of Katy Grannan, a photographer known for documentary-style pictures of naked teenagers in their parents' suburban homes," the Post playfully reported. "'They were horrified,' Heather recalls, a grin spreading across her face."

The 8-foot naked-man photo is not "documentary-style," however. It is reportedly a modernization of painter Andrea Mantegna's 1480 devotional work "The Lamentation of the Dead Christ," which depicts the Virgin Mary, accompanied by Mary Magdalene and John the Apostle, weeping over the body of Mary's crucified Son. The Post said in 2004 that the Podestas' photo "is an update of a late-15th century painting of the dead Jesus. Taylor-Wood faithfully replicates the original's composition, here photographing, in vivid color and minute detail, a young man laid out on his back. Just one thing: Taylor-Woods omits the shroud, displaying his (sic) subject in all his nakedness."

In fact, this so-called faithful replication omits the Virgin Mary, John the Apostle, Mary Magdelene and the cold stone slab on which Christ was laid in Mantegna's painting. Taylor-Wood's naked man sprawls on a fluffy bed with fluffy pillows.

And, by the Post's own depiction, the Podestas don't treat it like a devotional icon.

No matter what reason Mrs. Clinton had for not attending her latest fund-raiser in the Podesta's private photo gallery of a home, the fact that it took place says at least two things: Many years after she first dodged being caught there with a naked man, she didn't mind exposing her supporters to the Podestas' art collection.

And: This election is about a lot more than just our economy and our national security. It is about our culture, too.

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Terence P. Jeffrey is the editor-in-chief of CNSNews

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Naked Dem Diet
How about Janet Reno and Madeleine Albright for those who need a really serious crash type diet?

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You`re sputtering Buddy. Take a breath. And while you are resting, re-think that Christianity thing. It`s never too late.
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