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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 (9333)	1/14/2001 9:09:54 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

There are many competent people who can separate church and state, and, in this country, a public official is suppose to do so. Ashcroft is unable to do it. He is not fit to serve. He says: "I will continue to draw my views from my faith the melodies of Mahalia Jackson, the poetic beauty of James Weldon Johnson and the wise counsel of my father." (His father was an Assemblies of God preacher.) Ashcroft is taking heat for some seemingly pro-Confederate comments he made in the magazine Southern Partisan; he was also one of two members of a federal commission to refuse to sign a report on the plight of minorities. (He thought it was too negative.)" washingtonpost.com Ashcroft's '99 Tactics In Spotlight By Michael Grunwald Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 1, 2001; Page A01 Excertps from Washington Post .

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (9333)	1/14/2001 9:15:44 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

And Ashcroft may have racial problems. The fact that people ask questions constantly about his racial views should be enough for Bush to withdraw Ashcroft's name for the position of Attorney General. "It would be easier to believe if Mr. Ashcroft did not have such a dismal record on matters related to race. As Missouri's attorney general he was opposed to even a voluntary plan to desegregate schools in metropolitan St. Louis. Just last year he accepted an honorary degree from Bob Jones University, a school that is notorious for its racial and religious intolerance. And a couple of years ago, Mr. Ashcroft gave a friendly interview to Southern Partisan magazine, praising it for helping to "set the record straight" about issues related to the Civil War. Southern Partisan just happens to be a rabid neo-Confederate publication that ritually denounces Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. and other champions of freedom and tolerance in America. This is the man George W. Bush has carefully chosen to be the highest law enforcement officer in the nation. That silence that you hear is the sound of black Americans not celebrating." Excerpt from Fairness for Whom? From The New York Times January 4, 2001 By BOB HERBERT nytimes.com :