  woody7 Premium join:2000-10-13 Torrance, CA 1 edit | reply to joebear29 Re: ashcroft doing something useful??
Senate, Govenor whatever the point is.....he still lost to a dead man...
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  Gwailo
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| Does this forum always have to turn most anything involving our government into a political flap?
What about the news event that happened?
It would probably be good for all concerned who have political comments to go over to Swift Boat Vets or Move On Org and post them there instead of here. -- "Now, with a modem, anyone can follow the world and report on the world no middle man, no big brother." - Matt Drudge, National Press Club, June 2, 1998 |
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  morbo Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22 00000 clubs: | my point: ashcroft is doing something useful with the spam fighting. unusual! |
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 joebear29
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| reply to woody7 I've always found the dead man thing to be a rather cheap shot at Ashcroft. True, the guy whose name was on the ballet was dead, but it was made clear his widow would be appointed if he won the race, so everyone who voted was really voting for his widow, not for the dead guy.
Don't get me wrong, I don't care for Ashcroft, but there are so many substantive ways to attack him that the whole "dead man" thing seems petty. |
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  LegoPower77 Abecedarian Premium join:2002-08-03 Arlington, VA
| Well it was obviously a sympathy vote as Jeane Carnahan only served 2 years and was voted out the next election cycle. Plus Ashcroft pretty much had to suspend campaigning for decorum. This criticism is totally invalid.
While we're on the subject of Ashcroft, I am struck by the irony of many a anti-PATRIOT act thread juxtaposed with many anti-spammer threads where it seems the majority are all for Eeevil Ashcroft going after "free speech." -- "Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan |
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  antiphishing Phishing Scam Terminator Premium join:2004-06-09 Wilkes Barre, PA
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 The Ashcoft way ! |
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