Who's afraid of being assaulted now?

Normally, I ignore the endless self-congratulatory e-mails from Gov. Schwarzenegger's publicity, er, press office sends out each day. But sometimes it's worth poking through the photos to find gems like this.

Interesting body language from iNevada Gov. and alleged sexal assaullter Jim Gibbons, who appears to be trying to protect the family jewels from California's notoriously touchy-feely governor. Or maybe it's just the camera angle. Either way, it's amusing image to help remind us that there's at least one state out there that makes California look sane. You'll remember that those crazy Nevadans eelcted Gibbons as Gov. last year even as he was under investigation for assaulting Crissy Mazzeo in a parking lot in Las Vegas (He claims he was helping her to her car. The 9-1-1 tapes incidate differently. ) and for allegedly accepting bribes from a government vendor while he was in congress and for speaking ill of the illegal aliens even while he employed one as a nanny.

Just so long as he wasn't one of those sissy, tax-loving liberals who might do something silly like be nice to the gays or question the overbuilding of the desert or protect a squirrel or something.