[StoneWallJack]

"I mean this was so evocative of an earlier era when liberals and democrats were branded as soft on communism." - Mark Shields

Uh, Mark, they were soft on communism! And is anybody weaker than David Brooks when it comes to representing conservatives?

[Gimlet]

I saw the show. Talk about soft on Ashcroft! The man is a walking disgrace.

[BOBTHENAILER]

DC General Hospital: Early reports from tonights admittance, several liberal Senators; Leahy, Kennedy, Schumer, Edwards......severe lacerations, deep contusions, massive abrasions, critical blood loss, permanent mobility impairment, etc., etc, ......Diagnosis: SEVERE ASS WHOOPING, assailant unknown, but reported to be one John Ashcroft, please consider subject to be DANGEROUS

[steve-b]

Ashcroft's essential problem is that he has failed to set forth a plan which both fights terrorism and respects the Constitution.

He needs to do so, PDQ -- or, if he can't, to inform the President that he should find himself a new AG.