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...fact, Ashcroft's religious substance is also fairly smooth. As the Assemblies' members became more affluent, the group de-emphasized its more unusual practices, including the once central gift of tongues. Ashcroft has followed suit. Says his longtime friend, Assemblies official George Wood: "I have never in a service observed John expressing one of what we call the charismatic gifts." Nor does he mention them in his book, despite much talk of God and Christ. Instead, he is known as a writer of gospel songs and a punctilious churchgoer who once, while Missouri Governor, surprised a Sunday-school teacher...
...Clinton isn't going to make it easy for Bush. But this is not about Clinton, it's about Bush--and there's less downside than meets the eye. Bush has already fed the right wing with the antigay, antiabortion, anti-affirmative action John Ashcroft and with Gale Norton, who would open the South Lawn to drilling if she could. The chattering class on the right might howl for a while, but it's not going to abandon Bush unless he abandons tax cuts. And Ford isn't an apt comparison. Some thought, without evidence, that Ford...
When Missouri Supreme Court Justice Ronnie White testifies at John Ashcroft's confirmation hearing this week, the winds of opposition will suddenly be funneled into a single human voice. White's 1999 nomination for a federal judgeship was famously torpedoed by Ashcroft, who charged that White, an African American, had "pro-criminal" tendencies. Exhibit A for Ashcroft: White's dissent in favor of a death-penalty defendant accused of murdering four people, including three police officers. Ashcroft's opponents charge (and Ashcroft denies) that his criticism of White was motivated in part by the nominee's race. Exhibit...
...likely to make a strong case that his dissent in the murder case had to do with faulty evidence, not sympathy for criminals. But will he discuss the racial issue or let it hover unspoken? White is said to be still angry about what he sees as Ashcroft's mischaracterization of his views. That anger could give the hearing enough punch to remind TV audiences of the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill battle of a decade...
...wrong. Ashcroft is said to be surprised by the vitriolic opposition his nomination has drawn from liberals. And Bush aides weren't expecting such an ugly fight. But they're not shying away from it. Rove and others have told Bush that spilling some blood over Ashcroft is "a no-lose proposition." "It'll make our base happy," says a top adviser. "And it'll be over in two weeks." Bush may not have been trying to start a war with the left, but he's willing to wage...