SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (9284)1/11/2001 3:47:13 PM
From: Mephisto  Read Replies (2) of 10042
 
No, I am unable to support Ashcroft. Apart from the Ronnie White affair and apart from Ashcroft's support of the leaders of the Southern Confederacy in a Southern Civil War magazine where Ashcroft called the Civil War a Perverted Agenda, I think excerpts from the following article sums up my feelings about Ashcroft the best:

(Ashcroft) "He is what he is, and that is bad enough. The man is insensitive to gays, an antiabortion zealot, a gun nut and hardly a fan -- or even a supporter -- of civil rights legislation.

He has shown a certain numbness to minority sensitivities -- women as well as blacks -- but more often than not he has had clear, if repugnant, ideological reasons for his positions. I don't like Ashcroft, but I am not -- I aver -- anti-white……"

" Looking back on the Ronnie White episode, it's clear that Ashcroft distorted the record for his own purposes.It's clear also that he represents positions that the American people do not support and that in no way can be claimed to
have triumphed in the election. He should not have been nominated and he should not be confirmed -- not because of what he's not but because of what he is. That's bad enough."


From Washington Post Article entitled
Oppose Him, But Ashcroft Is No Racist

By Richard Cohen
from The Washington Post

Thursday, January 11, 2001 ; Page A27
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News