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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (1287)	1/17/2001 9:35:58 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Ashcroft is not unknown in extremist circles. In 1998, Ashcroft was interviewed in the magazine Southern Partisan, which caters to a small group of neo-Confederate southerners and has been a major forum for neo-Confederate views, including the recurring theme that slavery was beneficial to the slaves. In his interview, Ashcroft praised the magazine for "help[ing] to set the record straight" against what he called "attacks the [historical] revisionists have brought against our founders." Southern Partisan, at 28 (2d Quarter 1998). Adding more praise, he said, "You’ve got a heritage of doing that, of defending Southern patriots like Lee, Jackson and Davis. Traditionalists must do more. I’ve got to do more. We’ve all got to stand up and speak in this respect, or else we’ll be taught that these people were giving their lives, subscribing their sacred fortunes and their honor to some perverted agenda." Id.