Witchfinder general gone: Ashcroft is jettisoned

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/10/ASHCROFT.TMP

Ashcroft has gotten the boot. Is this because he is too much of a nutbar even for Bush? Or is his evil required elsewhere? The shadowy work of calico cats?

 

Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts.

He's probly too openly nutty. My guess is Bush will replace him with someone who's at least as extreme, but better at using comforting euphemisms and more personable in general.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts.

I've heard Racicot's name floating around.

The last four years have been awful for Ashcroft. The people in his state preferred a dead man to John Ashcroft. He's embarrassed himself, been ridiculed and reviled, and heaven only knows what another four years of dealing with Zacarias Moussouai would do to his seemingly fragile mental health. I mean, if the nipple of Justice is too much for his sensitivities, this War on Terror thing has to be chewing him up inside. Sometimes I think his appointment was something to give him a brighter closing chapter to his career in public service than being beaten by a dead man and then whipped in court--especially when he had a reasonable case--by the dead man's wife. That still doesn't make sense to me, but if he can't make that argument, no wonder Moussouai is such a handful for him.

(An explanation of the shadowy work of cats in general, although I don't recall if there were any calicos, can be foud in H. P. Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, one of the finest shadowy stories ever written.)

Man, what would Ashcroft have done with a cancerous, mincing, Socialist misanthrope known for keelhauling the psychology of American Protestantism when not busy slandering dark skin? I mean, for a man like Ashcroft, the slandering of dark skin is the only plus on the list. What's a man like Ashcroft to do?

I think his departure is a mutual agreement. From his side, he's probably tired. From any other view, he's rather incompetent and warped. That and he probably told Bush he wasn't going to end his career arguing against the Fourteenth Amendment. Even a man I hold in such low esteem as our outgoing Attorney General must necessarily carry with him some standard of dignity: "George, I've been beaten at the ballot box by a dead man; I was unable to figure out how to wrench the seat away from his wife; I can't take another day with that semi-literate whack job we're never going to convict: I've already trampled the Constitution and this office enough. Without a Constitutional Amendment, you're going to lose the damn gay thing, and there's nothing you or I can do about it. I'm not going out there to do this one. No. I've put in too much to carry this last stain on my family's name."

And hey, Racicot might be a good choice as far as Bush is concerned. The man has public experience and managed to help Bush win an election among the people. And he's soulless, to boot.

Trifecta.

He's doing better than Ashcroft.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide all adverts.

It's a good start, I'll admit.
Now if only half a hundred more go will I applaud.
Who's taking his place? Where is he going?

"Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss"-The Who

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4000679.stm

alberto gonzales is the replacement.

 

Is this is the same Gonzales that the rubberstamp senate did not confirm for a judgeship? It is isn't it. He was the only 1 of like 60 nominees not to be approved because he refused to answer any questions. Then the right began screaming that Christian views are unfairly targeted in the process. Don't give us back Ashcroft but at least send the olive branch across the isle. 1st appointment is Gonzales. Rejected from confirmation, now appointed to a place where he can do greater harm.

Welcome to Bushes concept of reaching across the isle.

 

Well, I just heard Layhe (D) say that Gonzales was not a contentious nominee.
Also my mistake, the AG needs confirmation too.

I wonder what back door deals have transpired to give Gonzales a pass.

"Geneva conventions are quaint, Sodomize those ragheads" yeah noncontentious.

 

Yes, a supporter of human rights abuse is just what this country needs for an Attorney General.

And while we're on that subject, here's my nod to Oregon: Have fun, y'all. Here comes the AG one more time. Rejecting equal protection isn't enough to save you from revenge for voting for Kerry. Enjoy, do the job, stand the line. But, frankly, another round on Sixteen is the least of what Oregon deserves right now.

I know, I know. You tried. And they've gotta win one eventually. I understand, but it's frustrating. So please, please, please do your part and browbeat your local Republicans for the Bush Administration's latest revival of its attempt to render your ballot box meaningless. And, certainly, be merciless in reminding your conservative neighbors of what they've invited to Oregon. (And tell them once for me to go screw, eh?)

 

I cannot disagree. He is an individual whose actions and words always matched.

John Ashcroft is a square. No doubt about it. A very religious, very "uncool" guy. But in his heart, I believe him to be a decent person and honest to a fault. Many people made fun of him when he lost to Carnahan's widow, but few of us knew the complete circumstances: when Carnahan died, Ashcroft stopped campaigning out of respect for the dead. And when the Democrats pulled a fast one and got his widow on the ticket (an action that has all kinds of legal challenges available to it), Ashcroft refused on the grounds that the woman had been through enough. He actually took some heat from Republicans for not contesting that election, but he stood on principle.

Additionally, although much has been made of him covering up the nude statues, he did so in response to what was a rather insensitive move by the media - they set up their cameras in a new position so that when Ashcroft was speaking he'd have a naked breast in the frame with him. The last AG was never shot that way. Ashcroft responded by covering the statue, and we ridiculed him for that.

Even as a "leftie" I have to say that he was never the demon we often made him out to be.

:m: Peace.

 

I'll raise a pipe to Fraggle's point, but the first response to mind invokes Godwin's law. Other people in history have been sincere.

He may have been an honorable opponent inasmuch as he preferred a straight fight, but he's the Attorney General on the one hand, and one who seems by his actions to despise the U.S. Constitution on the other.

___________________

Notes:

Ertlet, Steve. "Oregon Governor Slams Attorney General's Appeal of Assisted Suicide Case". LifeNews.com, November 11, 2004. See http://www.lifenews.com/bio560.html ​

 

I can feel the bashing on me now, I support Ashcroft for many reason I guess mainly because I grew up living next to his parents in Spingfield Mo and attended the same schools as him and he was well known for is work in Missouri but I do think he is good at what he does and goes with his beliefs towards things but tries to be fair. By the way Bush didn't give him the boot he wanted to leave don't know where that came from but Bush did not give him the boot.

 

Ashcroft: crazy theologian, but honorable and honest, that why he could not last in this administration anymore.

Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

 

lol agreed

 

Now . . . think the plan is to make him a member of the Supremes now?

Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!

 

Doesn't Ashcroft have to have been a judge first?

 

Ashcroft has never been a Judge, I believe he is going to take a break from government for awhile due to failing health, if he does return I look for him to return higher or atempt to return higher then he was. He was back in 2000 ask to run as Bush Vice Pres. runner but declined who knows why or what his plans are, maybe his plans are to run in 2008 but thats just speculation.

 

There are actually no specific requirements! You could have never practiced law in your life on any level, and be appointed! However, they do have to be confirmed by Congress - and I doubt that would happen for somebody totally unqualified . . . but Ashcroft? They might be psycho-brain enough to try!

 

Ashcroft would never want to be appointed there trust me

 

I hope he runs for higher office, he would get stomped.