-Caveat Lector- On Mon, 25 Dec 2000 07:21:37 EST William Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >-Caveat Lector- > WASHINGTON--To many civil rights and abortion rights advocates, he >is now Public Enemy No. 1. To Christian conservatives and others who seek >to ban abortions and elevate the rights of states, he is a hero. >But to members of the U.S. Senate from both major parties, John >David Ashcroft is simply one of them. That explains why the man named Friday >to be the next attorney general could well sail through the Senate >confirmation process even if he is the most controversial figure President-elect >George W. Bush has yet named to his Cabinet. > Ashcroft, 58, the gospel-singing, teetotaling, piano-playing son >of a Pentecostal minister, is a one-term Republican senator from Missouri >who in his bid for reelection was narrowly defeated last month by a dead man. >In the Senate, he routinely scored perfect or near-perfect marks on his >voting record from conservative groups. Could be why he got beat by a dead man. People say him for what is was. >Friday of Ashcroft: "With the possible exception of Sen. Jesse Helms >[R-N.C.], I do not believe anyone in the United States Senate has a >more abysmal record on civil rights and civil liberties." >Reproductive Rights Action League: "It's hard to imagine someone worse >than John Ashcroft on women's reproductive rights. He's not only >anti-choice, he's a leader. He's built his career on trying to restrict women's >right to choose." >However, the American Conservative Union hailed Ashcroft as a >solid conservative with a "sterling" record of service to the country. > And Gary Bauer, the religious conservative who sought the GOP >presidential nomination earlier this year, said: "He has a solid >conservative legal and judicial philosophy combined with a moderate >persona which will help him get along with all the people he will need >to deal with." Now this guy is scary. > As attorney general, Ashcroft would be the nation's top law >enforcement officer. The Justice Department includes the FBI, the Office of the >Solicitor General (who argues for the United States before the Supreme >Court), the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and >Naturalization Service, U.S. attorneys and the U.S. Marshals Service. >He also would be an influential advisor to the president and Congress on >legislation and a host of legal issues. I can see where this guy will take us. But then, he may be just one of the cadre in the reign of George II. >Ashcroft has embraced get-tough public safety policies. In his >campaign, Ashcroft cited as highlights the enactment of one law to >make penalties for methamphetamine crimes equal to those for crack cocaine >and another to ensure that disciplinary records of students are >transferred from school to school. So in the next 4 years we may see our prison population grow to 4 million citizens in jail. The reign of George II may well go down in history as the most repressive one in American History. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
