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CONSERVATIVES TURN ON ASHCROFT
Drudge Report ^ | 07/23/2002 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 07/23/2002 6:07:53 PM PDT by Pokey78

CONSERVATIVES TURN ON ASHCROFT
Tue Jul 23 2002 20:58:38 ET

Many religious conservatives who were instrumental in pressing President Bush to appoint John Ashcroft as attorney general -- now say they have become deeply troubled by his actions, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report in a blistering Page One spread on Wednesday.

"His religious base is now quite troubled by what he's done," Grover Norquist tells the TIMES's Neil Lewis.

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Several Bush advisers have begun complaining that Ashcroft has projected himself too often and too forcefully. More significantly, they say privately that he seems to be overstating the evidence of terrorist threats, the paper claims.

Conservtives cite Ashcroft's anti-terrorist positions as enhancing the kind of government power that they instinctively oppose.

Norquist: "If there hadn't been this big government problem, Ashcroft would have been talked about as the Bush successor. Instead, the talk is that 'too bad we pushed for him."'

Ashcroft was also criticized by some in the administration for declaring early on that the case of John Walker Lindh was a major terrorist case, the paper reports. Some officials in the Justice Department believed that the attorney general made needlessly harsh public comments about Lindh. The case came to an abrupt end last week, when Lindh pleaded guilty to two felonies and the department dropped the most severe terrorism-related charges against him, treating him as a far less important figure than depicted by the attorney general.

Developing...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gnorquist; grovernorquist; norquist
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1 posted on 07/23/2002 6:07:53 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
I hate the media!!!!!!!
2 posted on 07/23/2002 6:09:41 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Pokey78
Given that this is coming out in the NY Slimes, I suspect it is a hit job. The Slimes is trying to set the agenda.
3 posted on 07/23/2002 6:09:42 PM PDT by The Vast Right Wing
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Dear Grover Norquist,

Know your role & shut your hole. Especially to the NYT.

4 posted on 07/23/2002 6:09:55 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
Instead, the talk is that 'too bad we pushed for him."'

One known fact .....this White House doesn't leak...

5 posted on 07/23/2002 6:11:28 PM PDT by Dog
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To: The Vast Right Wing
It's got Howell Raines'fingerprints all over it, but Grover was stupid enough to be quoted.
6 posted on 07/23/2002 6:11:52 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
Norquist is a muslim lackey. He's mad at Ashcroft for going after his terrorist buddies.
7 posted on 07/23/2002 6:12:41 PM PDT by LarryM
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To: The Vast Right Wing
Just remember the Slimes is the 'official' talking points for 'all the news' to follow all day long across all time zones. It's time to squash/expose this procedure!!!!!
8 posted on 07/23/2002 6:13:12 PM PDT by Alissa
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To: Pokey78
Wasn't there an article earlier about Bush rebuffing Powell over that UN funding ......now this article. Someone is working real hard to cause trouble..
9 posted on 07/23/2002 6:13:59 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Pokey78
I have a severe problem with Ashcroft okaying using private citizens to spy on Americans and spying on places of worship.
10 posted on 07/23/2002 6:14:12 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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To: Thane_Banquo
I have a severe problem with Ashcroft okaying using private citizens to spy on Americans and spying on places of worship.

Tough.

11 posted on 07/23/2002 6:14:46 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: Pokey78
The NY Times reporting conservatives turning on conservatives!

Wow,that's a first.

I was getting damn tired of all those liberals turn on liberals stories.

12 posted on 07/23/2002 6:14:53 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: Pokey78
Ashcroft is not perfect. Don`t go and pull a "Pitt" on him though.
13 posted on 07/23/2002 6:17:05 PM PDT by fineright
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Well, at least it is conservative women who turn him on.

We don't need another Janet Reno in there.

14 posted on 07/23/2002 6:17:14 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Alissa
As a postscript to my post above, the New York Times is the catalyst for Hillary Clinton winning her Senate seat. She would have never won that seat without the SLIMES!!!!!
15 posted on 07/23/2002 6:17:58 PM PDT by Alissa
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To: Pokey78
I am not AT ALL troubled by anything Ashcroft has done thus far. I know people who have known him personally for many years, and am very confident we have a great man on the job. May God help him ignore this media drivel.
16 posted on 07/23/2002 6:22:12 PM PDT by Ted
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To: Alissa
"Just remember the Slimes is the 'official' talking points for 'all the news' to follow all day long across all time zones. It's time to squash/expose this procedure!!!!!"

Eggggzactly! Too bad Drudge is a willing accomplice in spreading this trash. Ashcroft is definitely getting the negative propaganda Gingrich treatment. Lucky for us, John Ashcroft is a man of substance, moral fiber and strength, which will hopefully keep him above the ghouls and their wicked plot to bring him down.
17 posted on 07/23/2002 6:22:25 PM PDT by demkicker
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To: LarryM
Norquist is a muslim lackey. He's mad at Ashcroft for going after his terrorist buddies.

He may be. But he, like most other Washington insiders, craves media attention, and never met a microphone or notepad he could bypass.

I suspect Grover Norquist is largely speaking for himself and the "patriots" who've made "fascist state" a staple in their vocabulary.

18 posted on 07/23/2002 6:24:00 PM PDT by sinkspur
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To: Thane_Banquo
I have a severe problem with Ashcroft okaying using private citizens to spy on Americans and spying on places of worship.

Does this mean you won't be reporting suspected terrorists in a community near you?

19 posted on 07/23/2002 6:24:22 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: Pokey78
Look for these talking points to be picked up by even those on the far-far-Right.

INCOMING!

20 posted on 07/23/2002 6:25:36 PM PDT by rdb3
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