Ashcroft is the most loathesome of the bunch, but we still need to be rid of, well, the rest of them…

did

Les, did you see this quote?

Ashcroft, in a five-page, handwritten letter to Bush, said, “The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.”

I was boggled when I saw it.

My first reaction was “YAY!!!”...then it dawned on me that someone has to replace him...hopefully you guys come out of this ok.

Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight!

But yeah, I am knocking on wood.  Who knows who he’ll dredge up from the sewers!

What Did said.

But hell, GW, I’m available!  If appointed attorney general, I promise to go after the real criminals and terrorists.  Heh.

Obviously God smote him because he didn’t want him to continue in his current job.

I’m with you Les, as bad as the smirking chimp is, his crew is far worse. Especially this tool!

PS. What the heck - One more time!...

John Ashcroft’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in December 2001--during which he declared that his critics “only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve”--was despicable. And not just for the obvious reasons.

Ashcroft was the last person who should have beeen accusing others of undermining a war effort, given his own sorry performance during the Vietnam War. While attending Yale and then the University of Chicago Law School in the 1960s, Ashcroft repeatedly sought and received student deferments from his local draft board in Springfield, Missouri.

In this, Ashcroft was hardly unique. But, as The Boston Globe reported in January 2001, when Ashcroft graduated from law school in 1967 he took the far less common step of seeking an occupational deferment granted to those who hold critical civilian jobs. (Out of 35 million men registered with the Selective Service in 1967, only 264,000 received occupational deferments.)

The “critical” job in question? Teaching business law to undergrads at Southwest Missouri State University-- an assignment he lined up with the help of a family friend. Although Ashcroft’s draft board had already earmarked him for induction--indeed, Ashcroft had already passed his pre-induction physical--the board reversed itself and granted the deferment, and Ashcroft spent the rest of the Vietnam War in Missouri, safe and sound. And quiet: Although Ashcroft was clearly eager to avoid going to Vietnam, he never protested the war.

At least those people Ashcroft has branded traitors have the courage to voice their dissent.

I am very curious to see his replacement…

Heh…

I wrote some pithy comments about this last night - was gonna cross post them, but life happend.

My biggest question out of this, other than can we now uncover the Statue of Justice’s tits is who will replace him?

This may be a devil you know vs. the devil you don’t know kinda thing…

Rumor is it may be Rudy Guilianni, and the scary thing is that it may be the best option we get from the Shrub. Don’t get me wrong, I am a NY’er and I have more viceral hate for Rudy’s tenure as Mayor than of Bush’s [mis]Administration, but Rudy is about as centrist a person Bush is likely to appoint.  We may get someone alot worse than Asshat was :(

ack…
can we now Uncover the statue of Justice’s tits, is who will replace him?

Thoughts?

You know, a lot of Missourians, myself included, have wished they had just voted him in. Hind sight is always 20x20.

I realize it’s entirely possible he could be replaced with someone who’s even worse, but it’s hard to imagine how that’s possible.

Alberto Gonzales is the current front runner. He is notable, as Counsel to the President, for writing the torture memo(s) and, during Bush’s term a Governor, for advising Bush on death penalty appeals. In the latter role he seldom if ever presented exculpatory evidence.

Not entirely sure about Alberto Gonzales.. he is also rumored as a possible replacement for any SCOTUS openings - doubt they would want to confirm him twice.

I doubt that the right would let Bush nominate Guilliani, but they may use him as a sacrificial lamb

CBS thinks otherwise. They say an announcement is expected today.

Shit… don’t blame me… I’ve been wrong before, I voted for the other guy

Well, the announcement has been made. :/

Yahoo! News article.

I see, the senate still has to confirm him. Yea, that will happen with a GOP controlled setate.

Dave,

Depends if the Dem’s show that they have not yet been gelded… as a block (with a few moderate Republicans—Chaffey, Snow, etc) tehy could easily fillibuster the nomination until Bush gives in and picks another.... hopefully after a serious ass reaming during the confirmation proceedings.

Time for Dems to start showing they still have a pair and stand up against the far right—with moderate Republicans ...

I worry that ashcroft would be available to serve on a Federal court Bench or maybe replace Renquist on the Supreme Court. After all Bush does have a Man Date to fill. I hope the Democrates fillibuster the shit out of the Rethugs from the git-go on Gonzales nomination. A lawyer who advises a Governor on Life and death issues who tilts the issue towards death, and then rips up the only worthwile document to come out of the horror that was WWI, The Geneva Convention, does not pass. I got my letters in the mail already.
PAX

Hey asswipes, lets count the attacks on us here after 9/11.  ...........Gee, not a one. John Ashcroft had a large role in that. Thank your lucky stars that adults are in charge of this country.
Keep stewing, I love it.