re: #475 WindUpBird

My problem with Ashcroft is until 9/11 he was far more interested in plying his social conservative agenda and going bonkers against prostitution. Also he lost to a dead man in an election. Also, not so impressed with his stance against desegregation. I will give him props for standing his ground in the hospital about the spy program. Good for him. At least he was up to the job.

Gonzales is a fucking fool, and anyone who accepted that man as being qualified for the job is a blind partisan or just not paying attention. Like whatsherface being nominated for SCOTUS. One of the dumbest things Bush ever did.

Ashcroft’s defeat in running for the Senate says less about him than it does about voters sentiments. He would have done better had Mel Carnahan lived, because voters casted their votes for Carnahan as a sympathy and memorial vote.

I do not defend Miguel Gonzales. He was indeed a failure as Attorney General, and Bush took far to long replacing him with Murkasy.