Political spectrums are not absolute but relative. What is conservative
at one time is moderate at another. For example, what would Cater or
Nixon be considered today. BTW, Jimmie Cater represents the first step
(and Clinton, the last step) in the betrayal of the "FDR" Democrats ala
Kennedy and Johnson.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> from SLATE's news summary (7/17/08):
>> The [Washington POST reports] that the White
>> House got angry with former Attorney General John
>> Ashcroft . . . [who successfully lobbied against
>> appointing John Yoo as DOJ Legal counsel]. * * *
>> The Post says this information is another example
>> of how Ashcroft "is coming to be viewed as a voice
>> of moderation on some of the most sensitive national
>> security issues the nation faced after Sept. 11."
>
> Ashcroft a moderate ?!?
I haven't read the Slate or Wash. Post piece, but did read about this
episode in Jane Mayer's recent book -- "The Dark Side: The Inside
Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"
-- in which Mayer's take is less that Ashcroft was exhibiting
"moderation" (whatever that means) and much more that he didn't like
Yoo and, more importantly, that is was a turf-war issue, i.e., that
Ashcroft didn't trust Yoo and found annoying/troubling that Yoo
communicated/dealt directly with the White House (e.g., Addington)
thus by-passing Ashcroft as (putatively/nominally) Yoo's boss, and
Ashcroft didn't want that to continue.
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