Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

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 : The Left Wing Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (2761)	1/9/2001 9:41:41 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Zoe Baird, also Kimba Woods, in the nanniegate line. On Ashcroft, aside from his associations, including an honorary degree from Bob Jones, we have this: In 1998, Mr. Ashcroft was a cosponsor of a proposed constitutional amendment that declared that the "unborn" had a constitutionally protected right to life "at every stage of their biological development, including fertilization." Every sperm is sacred, as they say. Then there's this, from nytimes.com One issue that appears likely to provoke debate at Mr. Ashcroft's confirmation hearings is the role he played in 1999 when he successfully led the opposition to the nomination of Ronnie White, the first black justice on the Missouri Supreme Court, to a federal district court seat. Although Mr. White's nomination had been made two years earlier, Mr. Ashcroft suddenly assailed him as "pro-criminal" and the most anti- death penalty judge on the State Supreme Court. The record showed that as a judge, Mr. White had voted to affirm the death penalty in 41 of the 59 cases that came before him. Moreover, in 10 of the 18 cases in which he voted against imposing the death penalty, he was in the company of a unanimous court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that three of those named to the court by Mr. Ashcroft when he was governor voted to reverse the death penalty a greater percentage of the time than did Judge White. After the Senate voted to reject the White nomination on strict party lines by a vote of 54 to 45, Mr. Clinton denounced the action as "a disgraceful act of partisan politics by the Republican majority and creates real doubt on the ability of the Senate to fairly perform its constitutional duty to advise and consent." But W's a uniter, not a divider, so I'm sure Ashcroft will help bring us together. If only we all accept the rightness of the righteous right. As to Chavez, it's sort of a direct insult to labor to nominate her, regardless of personal issues. But I guess that's just another part of being a uniter, not a divider. Cheers, Dan.