News Alert: Ashcroft resigns

[jIgG]

YES baby

just announced Ashcroft has resigned

http://www.wsvn.com/

[Xstr8guy]

Don't get too excited... I'm sure that w. has an even more conservative candidate in mind for the job.

[jIgG]

now now there goes my happy bubble

[Jasun]

Originally posted by Xstr8guy
Don't get too excited... I'm sure that w. has an even more conservative candidate in mind for the job.

yeah. apparently they're resurecting Jesus to do it.

[Xstr8guy]

Originally posted by Jasun
yeah. apparently they're resurecting Jesus to do it.

OH PLEASE! Jesus is way less conservative than Ashcroft!

[desslock]

I think that popular replacement rumors are the current assistant AG, I think his name is Larry Thompson. He's black, making him an opportunity for a high profile minority appointment.

Another rumor is Rudy Guiliani

Steve

[Squirt]

Originally posted by desslock
Another rumor is Rudy Guiliani

Guiliani said he is in no way interested

[jIgG]

said
politicians say a lot of things

[jIgG]

Originally posted by Xstr8guy
OH PLEASE! Jesus is way less conservative than Ashcroft!

ditto

Jesus was cool dude, those religious fucks just twisted everything to suit their needs

[chadknowslaw]

Jesus was a liberal! He held disdain for the organized church of his time, taught kindness and acceptance, and worked with the poor and needy.

Another guy rumored is Marc Racicot who was governor of Montana. None of the guys on the list so far are anything near the right-wing wacko that Ashcroft is.

This is very good news--I can't imagine anybody being worse for legal adult entertainment than Ashcroft, so the replacement MUST be better. We could be back at 2003 with the 2257 rules also, which would be fabulous.

[nicedreams]

WOOHOO!

Jim

[MiamiB]

Ashcroft was TOO conservative...He got fired!!

Now that Bush thinks he has God AND the Stupid American people on his side just WAIT until you see who gets the job!!

Watch your ass EVERYONE!!

[Lee]

Good stuff although im worried about who will fill his shoes so to speak now

Regards,

Lee

[basschick]

and his replacement is...

this guy
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...net/index.html

the first latin person to hold a cabinet office, which is cool. also i gather he's a BIG supporter of large corporations, which is not.

[desslock]

Yeah that's an interesting surprise. Alberto Gonzales is very different from Ashcroft entirely. I've actually met him, which gives me a chuckle.

Gonzales is from West Texas, and he has a number of gay friends, some go back to growing up in San Angelo. He may be religious, like a hispanic Catholic, but he not at all of the born-again variety like Ashcroft.

When he was on the Texas Supreme Court he was pretty balanced judicially. I guess you could characterize it as center-right. (Bush appointed him to the TX SC while Governor)

In fact he was in a judicial majority that struck down the state's parental notification law, which I'm sure the religious right will never ever forget.

I think he was a lawyer at Akin Gump or maybe Vinson Elkins before that in Houston. Still I think being an Attorney General is a thankless job for anyone. So many federal laws are controversial and capricious, that you are going to make enemies all the time. I have no idea if he would either 1) enfore internet porn law or 2) go on a vandetta. (i guess whatever it is depends on your perspective) Actually most people thought Alberto Gonzales would be Bush's first Supreme Court appointment.

A lot of Supreme Court justices have historically garnered AG experience beforehand, so maybe he'll do this for awhile until a vacancy appears.

Steve