Author Topic: Ashcroft to Resign (Read 1421 times)

redmenace · **on:** November 03, 2004, 09:19:04 pm

Attorney General John Ashcroft 'plans to submit his resignation to Bush in the next several days'...

Kazan · **Reply #1 on:** November 03, 2004, 09:20:07 pm

source please

Knight Templar · **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2004, 09:21:35 pm

Indeed. You should know to post a link in this sort of situation.

redmenace · **Reply #3 on:** November 03, 2004, 09:26:36 pm

It is The Drudge Report, which many consider to be a gossip rag. But I think this might be true because of the severe stress he is under. I am sure his marriage has suffered over the past 4 years.

Rictor · **Reply #4 on:** November 03, 2004, 09:27:26 pm

But...but...he can't quit!

They're called the Blues Brothers for a reason. Its no good if there's just one of them, God needs both of them to do his work.

Liberator · **Reply #5 on:** November 03, 2004, 09:58:24 pm

Traditionally, the entire Cabinet submits their resignation at the end of a term and then the President is free to hire back the ones he wants/needs or to get new Cabinet members.

Ford Prefect · **Reply #6 on:** November 03, 2004, 10:43:51 pm

This is terrible. Who's going be there to cover up the private parts on all those neoclassical sculptures?

aldo_14 · **Reply #7 on:** November 04, 2004, 07:26:59 am

Or protect the right of terrorists to buy guns?

Styxx · **Reply #8 on:** November 04, 2004, 07:56:02 am

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Originally posted by Liberator
Traditionally, the entire Cabinet submits their resignation at the end of a term and then the President is free to hire back the ones he wants/needs or to get new Cabinet members.

Yeah, I saw that happen on The West Wing.

vyper · **Reply #9 on:** November 04, 2004, 10:42:57 am

It just shows that natural selection loves freedom.

Galemp · **Reply #10 on:** November 04, 2004, 12:10:58 pm

Google News: Ashcroft

Good riddance. Seems like Tom Ridge and General Powell are leaving, too. I wish their boss would take a hint and follow suit.

redmenace · **Reply #11 on:** November 09, 2004, 07:55:44 pm

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041110/D868LKV00.html
Just to make it official

Angel Warlord · **Reply #12 on:** November 09, 2004, 09:29:31 pm

Im not in the least bit surprised. Its common for 1st term cabinet members to resign after the first term due to health problems, stress of the job, desire to return to a normal life, etc. Dont look at it like a trend or anything, just a common occurance.

Side note: Their resignation is totally ceremonial. They cannot go unless the president releases them. They dont really resign per say, they just inform the president of their desire to no longer serve in their position and the president will most likely release them.

Drudge Report is not a rag blog site as some of you may think. Its a reference point which posts all of the important headlines as they come and posts links to the sites of origin. To say its a far-right wing fringe extremist bigot homophobic propaganda center would be calling every news organization it links to the same thing. If you have never heard of it its www.drudgereport.com

Bobboau · **Reply #13 on:** November 09, 2004, 11:10:54 pm

I consiter it to be a highly unreliable source of potential news, it has had a few realy good scoops but for every hit there are a thousand misses.

aldo_14 · **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2004, 03:44:22 am

The only real use of the drdge report is letting you know what headlines to look out for on proper, reliable new sites. It's not about what that site includes, but about what it omits.

For example; headline is "COURT RULES BELGIUM'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY 'RACIST'... "

In the linked Yahoo article, it reveals that the phrase 'Belgium's largest party' is a quote from a member of the party, a far-right group wishing for Flanders to secede. If you go to the BBC article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3994867.stm - covering the same news, you can see a more accurate summary Recent opinion polls suggest the Vlaams Blok is the most popular party in the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders.

So you go from one headline suggesting the government of Belgium has been outlawed as racist, to the actual truth. And what is really interesting, is that the Yahoo article is somewhat ambiguous over the size of the party, but the bbc one is very clear. And you;d expect any competent person to want to check out the size of the part before writing a headline like that.

One misleading headline, linked to a slightly ambigous story - and it totally spins the actual truth of the story.

Knight Templar · **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2004, 02:31:08 pm

Well, it's great that half of the 'important' cabinet members are leaving, but I'm concerned as to who is going to replace them...

Liberator · **Reply #16 on:** November 11, 2004, 03:16:34 pm

He's already replaced Ashcroft.

redmenace · **Reply #17 on:** November 11, 2004, 05:04:13 pm

on a positive note about ashcroft and the justice dept., they have been pursuing the enron cases with out passion or prejudice.
example: http://www.click2houston.com/money/3906825/detail.html

Knight Templar · **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2004, 08:47:13 pm

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Originally posted by Liberator
He's already replaced Ashcroft.

Who has?

redmenace · **Reply #19 on:** November 11, 2004, 08:52:47 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20041111/cm_usatoday/ashcroftsuccessorcanshedthelightningrod