posted on January 8, 2001 07:26:25 PM new
Yup, to say that Ashcroft is a racist is a grave injustice. The man is a consummate equal-opportunity bigot, denigrating all aspects of the human condition not approved by the hard-core religious right.
posted on January 8, 2001 07:48:30 PM new
"Sore Loserman lost his own state!"
Sound familiar?
Ashcroft, the incumbent Republican senator in a Republican state that voted for President W, voted for a dead man just so they could kick his booty out of the senate.
posted on January 8, 2001 08:32:32 PM new
The excerpt below is from an article by Bob Slosser for the Christian Broadcasting Network on January 5, 200l. After an introduction bashing everything that could possibly be associated with the word liberal, then asserting that no real separation of church and state exist except in the view of liberals, he addresses the Ashcroft nomination, particularly praising the fact that Ashcroft will use his moral judgment in the execution of his office as Attorney General.
"The firestorm -- political and media -- over President-elect Bush’s appointment of Senator John Ashcroft as Attorney General illustrates well what Christians can expect to happen to them if this dangerous application of law is allowed to continue. Having a daughter and a son-in-law working as first-class lawyers, I find it hard to say again that the legal profession and its desire to legislate for the nation is an abomination and thoroughly unconstitutional and must be fought tooth and nail (spiritually speaking, of course). The press, of course, is as bad or worse.
The assault expected on Ashcroft may rival that leveled at Robert Bork in his nomination to the Supreme Court in the eighties. The liberals are blind to qualification and accomplishment and can see only the fact that Ashcroft is one of those talented men who refuse to bow to the insistence that he not be shaped by his religious faith in the execution of his office. He refuses to park his morals on the shelf for the duration of his term.
I pray this right now: "Lord, do not let Mr. Ashcroft wilt under the pressure and sustain him to the end. May he be quickly confirmed. Amen." I would appreciate your joining me, brethren. Our Constitution is at stake.
posted on January 11, 2001 11:03:54 AM new
Ashcroft likened his two gubernatorial inaugurations to Jewish kings David and Saul, who ``were anointed as they undertook their administrative duties.''
On the eve of his becoming a senator, Ashcroft remarked to a group of family and friends, ``It's too bad we don't have any oil.''
``Let's see if there's something in the kitchen,'' his father suggested.
Someone brought out a tiny bowl of Crisco oil.
``We chuckled about that, but my father assured us, 'The oil itself isn't important, except as a symbol of the spirit of God,'' Ashcroft wrote.
