posted on July 5, 2001 07:44:32 AM
Remember, he said he would set aside his personal beliefs to uphold the law of the land. No wonder that he was so nervous at his confirmation hearing.
A pro-gun control group and a citizens' watchdog organization today
accused Attorney General John Ashcroft, the nation's top law enforcement
officer, of undermining one of the very laws he took an oath to defend.
"[W]e believe that Attorney General Ashcroft has blatantly violated
numerous ethical guidelines that govern his conduct as an attorney toward his
client, the United States of America," Michael D. Barnes, president of the
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and Scott Harshbarger, president of
Common Cause, wrote in an ethics complaint.
In the complaint, filed today with the Justice Department (news - web
sites)'s Office of the Inspector General and the D.C. Court of Appeals, they
called for a full federal investigation.
posted on July 5, 2001 09:50:56 AM
As someone very wise once said: "You can take people out of the dung, but you cannot take the dung (and stink) out of people.."....
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posted on July 5, 2001 10:27:35 AM
Here's another political opinion.
"The US constitution guarantees a woman's right to choose abortion".
Purely a political opinion. It does in fact appear to be directly contradicted by the actual words of the constitution, although not by the Supreme Court of the US. That's how politics works.
In any case, accusing an ethical lapse based on the expression of a political opinion seems, well, un-American.
posted on July 5, 2001 11:08:24 AM
I think what's missing in this debate over whether it is "just a political opinion" or not is the realization that holding the highest law enforcement seat in this country of ours makes it more than just an opinion. The prior senator from Missouri knows better.
To put this in perspective, imagine that Clinton was still the President and he said, "I think gun control is a hoot! I think everyone ought to own a gun and know how to use it."
Imagine the fall-out from that one!
The Gun-Control advocates would be scream FOUL! just as they are now. Republicans would go on endlessly for decades about how two-faced that commment was. And no one would ever believe Clinton ever again if he talked about supporting Gun-Control issues.
Funny, I had to use Clinton as an example. I just can't take Bush seriously in the role of president somehow.
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