Ashcroft Resigns

Waran · Post by **Waran** » November 9, 2004, 8:12 pm

PER CNN:

Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans have resigned, the White House said. Details soon

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » November 9, 2004, 8:37 pm

Thank fucking god

Raistin · Post by **Raistin** » November 9, 2004, 8:37 pm

Taking bets on if he makes a book and blames Bush for everything being forced on him to do?!

Waran · Post by **Waran** » November 9, 2004, 8:38 pm

More info:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... sh_cabinet

Brotha · Post by **Brotha** » November 9, 2004, 8:40 pm

Taking bets he retires in peace because the majority of the country is grateful to him for the hard work he's done to keep us safe.

Rekaar. · Post by **Rekaar.** » November 9, 2004, 8:45 pm

I sure wouldn't want his job, every move you make is guaranteed to make new enemies.

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » November 9, 2004, 9:05 pm

He was the one who helped put in place the ~~KGB~~ PATRIOT act.

-=Lohrno

noel · Post by **noel** » November 9, 2004, 9:06 pm

Rekaar. wrote:I sure wouldn't want his job, every move you make is guaranteed to make new enemies.

People made fun of Janet Reno for her appearance, not for her work.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 9, 2004, 9:14 pm

she got blamed pretty well for the elian giant waste of time

Thess · Post by **Thess** » November 9, 2004, 9:23 pm

In his handwritten letter, he said he was resigning because the issues of crime and terrorism are dealt with!

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » November 9, 2004, 9:32 pm

I hope to all that is holy that was a joke, Thess. 0.0

Glad he's gone. Wonder who's replacing him...

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » November 9, 2004, 9:42 pm

Akaran_D wrote:I hope to all that is holy that was a joke, Thess. 0.0

Glad he's gone. Wonder who's replacing him...

Nope. He said Terrorism and Crime have been dealt with.

-=Lohrno

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » November 9, 2004, 9:52 pm

what a godamned asshole, he has prooved to be throughout his term nothing but a direct enemy to our constitution and civil liberties, thank god hes gone, but unfortunately i wouldnt expect anything better then another neocon religious fanatic to replace him

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » November 9, 2004, 10:03 pm

I hear he got offered a job with a radical Islamic terrorist group because they were impressed with his record of antagonizing Americans, and consider his religeous zeal "inspiring".

I might have heard wrong, though. I think I was on some pretty heavy shit at the time.

Raistin · Post by **Raistin** » November 9, 2004, 10:08 pm

hahahaha good one

But seriously, hes going to try and replace Yasser Arafat since they cant deicde if brain dead counts as dead.

Anyone else think this reminds of them Weekend at Bernies?

Just throw some Sunglasses on him and your all set!

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » November 9, 2004, 11:21 pm

he's definitely qualified, having lost an election to a corpse and all..

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » November 10, 2004, 8:50 am

haha, it was announced on the Daily Show last night and the audience went wild. There was like a 2 minute standing ovation

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » November 10, 2004, 10:26 am

"the objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved"

Lol. You can give up your guns and bring your troops home then I guess

Mak · Post by **Mak** » November 10, 2004, 10:33 am

Even conservatives will have to laugh at that statement.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » November 10, 2004, 10:35 am

Laugh? Not really - just one more reason I'm glad the idiot is gone.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » November 10, 2004, 12:06 pm

I heard White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez will get the nomination to fill his slot.

yes the guy who crafted the legal position to circumvent Geneva Convention Protocols regarding treatment of enemy combatants. so be careful what you wish for

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » November 10, 2004, 12:20 pm

noel wrote:
Rekaar. wrote:I sure wouldn't want his job, every move you make is guaranteed to make new enemies.
People made fun of Janet Reno for her appearance, not for her work.

Waco was a fucking dipshit disaster

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 10, 2004, 1:27 pm

The Branch Davidiots was prolly the worst failure of Janet Reno during her term, followed closely by the drubbing she took running for Gubna of FL.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 10, 2004, 2:40 pm

4 years too late I'm afraid...

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 10, 2004, 4:00 pm

I don't recall anything nice being said about Janet Reno while she held the position. It had nothing to do with he looking like a man.

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » November 10, 2004, 4:02 pm

I think they just hired Juan Valdez as the new AG. He has closed the border to Mexico but oopened the borders to Columbia .. oh wait .. geograpgy .. umm .. well, um, he opened the beaches.

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » November 10, 2004, 6:28 pm

Actually, the nominee is Al Gonzalez. He is the general council for Bush.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » November 10, 2004, 6:37 pm

Adelrune Argenti wrote:Actually, the nominee is Al Gonzalez. He is the general council for Bush.

Anyone know about his "conservative" record?

Either way, no man, other then hitler himself could be much worse then Ashcroft

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » November 10, 2004, 7:59 pm

heh he ain't a saint.. still trying to decide if this is a good change or not to be honest. Not a huge change anyway no matter what.

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » November 10, 2004, 8:09 pm

His reputation is more of a moderate.

Thess · Post by **Thess** » November 10, 2004, 8:47 pm

I'm surprised Guiliani isn't going to be nominated

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » November 11, 2004, 1:51 am

Guliani will be the next Secretary of State and run for PRez in 2008 to turkey fuck HIllary's chances.

I'm a betting man.

Thess · Post by **Thess** » November 11, 2004, 4:03 am

He's scared to run against Hillary - he pulled out of the New York senate race against her!

Aaeamdar · Post by **Aaeamdar** » November 11, 2004, 5:42 pm

On Gonzalez:

His reputation is more of a moderate.

So was Bush's reputation when he ran in 2000.

Anyone know about his "conservative" record?

The two big things I know off the top of my head are:

1. Drafted the "Tourture is good memo" (as noted above by Voro.)

2. Architect of the "Everything is a State Secret" Doctrine of Bush in Texas and now in the W.H.

The problem is his record is that of an attorney. Speaking as one, the "problems" we are asked to solve are not usually our own origination. That is, it is unlike Gonzalez went to Bush and told him that abusing State Secret principals and Tourture were good things. More likely he was asked to craft a memo/policy on both with the objective result already ordained. His job would have been to come up with the best defense of those policies - not to craft them himself. So its hard to know how he will act in a political possition from the record we know of his so far.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » November 11, 2004, 6:06 pm

Thess wrote:He's scared to run against Hillary - he pulled out of the New York senate race against her!

Now that would be a race where i would be truly undecided on. It would have been Guliani until he came out with blind support for bush in the last election, and hillary is also against the electoral college which is good...would be a fun race anyhow! and also a less polarizing one then this one...but i doubt the republicans would nominate him...anything short of a right wing extremist religious fanatic is too "liberal" for the new republican party, specially with all there jesus crispie votes in the last election

Hillary against say Gengrich or some bible belt senator is much more likely

McCain will be too old

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » November 11, 2004, 6:54 pm

Brotha wrote:Taking bets he retires in peace because the majority of the country is grateful to him for the hard work he's done to keep us safe.

People may have voted for bush...but nobody likes ashcroft...hell let me make a poll