Will Ainsworth Again Embarrasses Our State

How many important issues are facing our state? How is our legislature responding? Let's just say that unless you're terrified of plastic bag bans, your legislature hasn't attempted to do much for you this session. (Sen. Tim Melson and Rep. Andrew Sorrell excepted from that comment.)

Like a law so much that you want it on the books twice? This is the state for you! Are you a one-trick pony, but still want to wine and dine on the state's dime? Then you've come to the right place. 

That last comment is directed at Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth. During his short political career, he's made it abundantly clear that he opposes induced abortions. So do many of us, but we would prefer to see them eradicated by means other than brute force.

This week, Ainsworth gavelled in a motion not to exclude pregnancies resulting from rape or incest from a state anti-abortion law. As one of his critics stated, if the state is going to make a 12 year old girl carry her rapist's baby to term, then those who are forcing her to do so should be willing to put their names to the law. 

If Ainsworth has taken a stand on any pressing issues this state is facing, we're unaware of it. We are aware of the headlines his drunken inaugural bash made in both state and national news. Yet if he runs again, he will almost certainly be elected a second time. After all, he's a Republican. 

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Ainsworth Explaining How He Drunkenly Stole a Tiger Head in College

Alternate Caption: Tiger Explaining How He Heroically Escorted a College Drunk Back to His Campus