THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY

The Good
John Ashcroft will step down as Attorney General upon the confirmation of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales. This will be a tremendous disappointment to left-wing kooks who loved to vilify John Ashcroft. The libs don’t get it but this is why they lose elections. They take a fundamentally good man trash him in the most personal way.

When the history of 9-11 is written, John Ashcroft may go down as one of the great unsung heroes. His justice department’s relentless pursuit of domestic terrorists may be cited as the main reasons why Al Qaida was unable to hit us again after 9-11.

But John Ashcroft goes down as “the good” in this piece for his conduct after he lost his senatorial campaign to Mel Carnahan who had died with his son in a plane crash before the election. The Governor of Missouri appointed Carnahan’s widow Jean to the sneate seat. Republicans wanted to mount a legal challenge to the election and the appointment of Mrs. Carnahan. Ashcroft would have none of it. In his concession speech Ashcroft said,

"I will not initiate and I will not participate in any legal challenge, I believe that the will of the people has been expressed with compassion, and that the people's voice should be respected and heard. I hope that the outcome of this election is a matter of comfort to Mrs. Carnahan. ... I hope that she has every success in representing the people of Missouri effectively."

Contrast Ashcroft’s statement to the recent graceless statements of leading Democrats after our last election.

The Bad
I don’t know why but there is a great deal of angst and gnashing of teeth at the fate of Yasser Araft. Now that he’s finally gone, Bill Clinton’s favorite White House slumber party guest will be lionized by a liberal media. A state funeral is being planned in Egypt. Why all of this attention for an unrepentant murdering, Jew hating, thieving terrorist. May the fleas of a 1,000 camels dine on his mangy hide for eternity.

The Ugly
(Sure Yasser could take two out of three but…) Any of the scores of Democrat “thinkers” and “leaders” shooting their mouths off in the most vile manner after the election. Compare these examples to Ashcroft's above:
-- "The Daily Show's" Lewis Black put it last week, Americans remain free to pursue their dreams, "so long as that dream doesn't make Midwesterners feel 'icky.' “Did you ever notice that the people preaching love and tolerance as in, oh I don’t know gay marriage, are the first to start spewing hate and intolerance when they run into someone who does not agree with them?
-- Elizabeth Edwards and Babs Streisand (Female equivalent of Dumb and Dumber?) lifted this tidbit from a Jefferson quote condemning the sedition acts “A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.”
-- ABCs Carole Simpson held up a map of red states alongside a map of slave states from the 1860s. “See”, she said, “present-day red states are the same states that were pro-slavery!” That’s real nice Carole Red voters the same as slave holders. Hey Carole why didn’t mention that Republicans supported LBJ’s Civil Right Bill in greater proportions than the Democrats? Why didn’t you mention that every segregationist and bigot worth mentioning in the South from Bull Connor to George Wallace to Bob Byrd was/is a Democrat?
-- "The election results reflect the decision of the right wing to cultivate and exploit ignorance in the citizenry," writes Jane Smiley. Yes, yes, I’m sure the election was the result of the ignorance of over half of the voting population. What does that say about the public school system? Vouchers anyone?
-- The ever self-absorbed Michael Moore who wrote at his web cite “the first thing that comes to mind after George Bush’s reelection” and goes on to list all of the names those killed in Iraq. Then he uses these heroes’ photos to create a mosaic of Bush. Let’s face it, the ONLY time Michael Moore gives a damn about any of these people is when he is figuring out how to exploit their deaths.