THEY TOLD ME THAT IF GEORGE W. BUSH WERE RE-ELECTED, we’d see a war against porn that would cause filmmakers to be imprisoned for their craft. And they were right!

In federal court today, as he faced a federal prison sentence, Paul F. Little trembled and begged a woman for mercy.

“It just seems a very high price to pay, I think,” Little told U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew, “and I ask you to understand how much I’ve suffered.”

Little and his attorneys argued that his conviction in June for 10 counts of distributing obscene materials over the Internet and through the mail had devastated his business and left him near ruin. That, they said, should be punishment enough.

But Bucklew sentenced Little to three years and 10 months in federal prison.

I guess the war on sex is out of control. Stupid Christianists!

UPDATE: Reader Steven Cohen writes:

Re: this story, the judge was a Clinton appointee

http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/judicialInfo/Tampa/JgBucklew.htm

I don’t like Bush, etc, but this can’t be a “They told me if GWB were reelected” thing.

Yes, I knew that she was appointed by Clinton. But this whole series is tongue-in-cheek. I thought everybody knew that, but I guess not.