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spacebug ([personal profile] spacebug) wrote2004-11-09 04:53 pm
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Wha?

I was just informed that Ashcroft resigned.
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[identity profile] lokey.livejournal.com 2004-11-09 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
He'd been talking about it since the election. He wasn't planning on being a part of the second administration. Actually it sounds like a whole lot of the cabinet will be different. I know Powell, is expected to leave, as is Condoleeza Rice, and possibly Rumsfeld.

[identity profile] spacebug.livejournal.com 2004-11-09 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I can only hope we can't do any worse...

Ashcroft AND Evans

[identity profile] burnunit.livejournal.com 2004-11-09 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-11-09-ashcroft-evans_x.htm

weird, he wrote a 5 page handwritten resignation. just... weird.
so long, you rat fink bastard!

[identity profile] lokey.livejournal.com 2004-11-09 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently Giuliani's name is being bandied about to replace Ashcroft, but the right-wingers are thinking they don't like that he is Pro-Choice and Pro-Civil Unions. I guess Giuliani is also considered a possible replacement for Tom Ridge, who is also expected to step down.

Oh, and apparently Condi is really up in the air. She is considered a possible replacement for Rumsfeld or Powell. Oh, and they're talking about Wolfowitz to replace her. Yikes.

[identity profile] harlequinskiss.livejournal.com 2004-11-09 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
“The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,”

HAAHAHAHAAHA.

ahem.

ha.

[identity profile] lostmachine.livejournal.com 2004-11-09 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm worried about who he'll replace them with. He has only gotten crazier in last four years. He’ll select replacements that share his madness.

Fear

[identity profile] thaadd.livejournal.com 2004-11-09 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
A friend of mine, to ensure I don't sleep well at night suggested something else.
As a bar lawyer (indeed ex-law prof) Ashcroft could be cutting free so he could be appointed to the Supreme Court.

I think that's about the most frightening choice available. He has the experience, he's on the bar, and they won't likely ever have a better chance to ram someone like him in for life.

[identity profile] ilexcassine.livejournal.com 2004-11-09 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank heavens Ashcroft is an old coot. 72. He'll kick off fast enough, even if he does wind up on the court.

This was kind of an interesting little summary of the cabinet situation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2004/vote_usa_2004/administration_guide/default.stm

The idea of Guiliani as "Director of Homeland Security" made me laugh the same way seeing the original TIA logo did. Yikes.
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