Quite right. Ashcroft is objectionable, as is any candidate George W. would propose, but he is arguably less objectionable than Reno. Here's what he said yesterday about Microsoft: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41264,00.html -Declan On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 01:18:32PM -0800, Greg Broiles wrote:
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 01:29:28PM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote:
Just heard Asskroft on the radio during the hearings affirming his support for the assault weapon ban ( and Herr Busch's support of same) and their intention to reimplement that ban when it sunsets. So much for his being against guncontrol -- he made it pretty clear that he believes the 2nd is about sporting arms, not military weapons.
Yeah, and they made him apologize for telling the tired old joke about how the only thing found in the "middle of the road" are moderates and dead skunks. Sounds like everyone's taking this process real seriously. Confirmation is more like a ritual hazing and has absolutely nothing to do with a candidate's fitness for the job. We've survived Ed Meese and Janet Reno, we'll survive John Ashcroft, too.
-- Greg Broiles gbroiles@netbox.com PO Box 897 Oakland CA 94604