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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (9272)	1/10/2001 11:43:02 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 10042

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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (9272)	1/11/2001 12:15:42 AM
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Ashcroft is intolerant of other people's religious beliefs, in my opinion.---MEPHISTO ...."Ashcroft was fighting Mel. E. Carnaham for Governor of Missouri when he learned that his opponent had commuted a death sentence because of a request from the Pope". *************************************************** Since his opponent commuted a death sentence at the request of the Pope, I believe, that Aschroft is very intolerant** of other people's religious beliefs. The Carnaham story leads into how Ashcroft defeated a Ronnie White, who was nominated for a position as Federal Judge. If you haven't heard about the White story, you might want to read it. Here are excerpts of how Ashcroft got his fellow senators to switch their vote from supporting Ronnie White to defeating him. The story was published in The Washington Post. "In any case, Ashcroft did not turn White's nomination into a referendum on the death penalty until he was locked in a reelection battle with Gov. Mel E. Carnahan (D-Mo.), who was under fire for commuting a killer's death sentence at the behest of the pope. At White's confirmation hearing in May 1998, transcripts show, Ashcroft asked the judge about gay rights, abortion and the role of the judiciary, but nothing about the death penalty. It was only after his staff discovered that White had been the lone justice to dissent from the execution of a notorious cop-killer -- an anguished dissent that Ashcroft mischaracterized in a series of public broadsides -- that Ashcroft began gunning for White. In October 1999, Ashcroft's public and private pressure persuaded his senior colleague, Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.), to withdraw his support for White. On the day of the vote, Ashcroft also delivered an impassioned plea to the GOP caucus to sink the nomination. So even though several Republicans -- including Sens. Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), Arlen Specter (Pa.) and even Strom Thurmond (S.C.) -- had voted for it in committee, they all deferred to the home-state senators on the floor, and White was defeated on a strict party-line vote. "There was bipartisan support for Ronnie White," recalled Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), the ranking Democrat on the judiciary committee." (GZ, you can read entire story at post 1055 under Impeach Bush) Above excerpt from story entitled Ashcroft's '99 Tactics In Spotlight By Michael Grunwald Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 1, 2001; Page A01 Excertps from Washington Post washingtonpost.com