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...further concerned that Ashcroft would use his position as Attorney General in ways consistent with his far-right political views. Some have accused Ashcroft of bias for his opposition to White, who is black; although there is no reason to accuse Ashcroft of racism, Ashcroft's political career in Missouri has been characterized by his vocal opposition to desegregation and other civil-rights measures...
Given that Ashcroft has firmly opposed affirmative action, has accepted an honorary degree from Bob Jones University and has written admiringly of the Confederate cause, would he function effectively as the enforcer of the nation's civil rights laws? Given that Ashcroft as Missouri attorney general used his office to file a harassing lawsuit against the National Organization of Women, would he use his new office to promote equality? Given that he has expressed little support for antitrust efforts such as the Microsoft case and that his legislative record has earned near-zero ratings from environmental groups, would he adequately...
Finally, we are unconvinced that Ashcroft would consistently serve the public interest. He has been dubbed "the senator from Claritin" by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his efforts to help the drug's producer, Schering-Plough, evade patent limitations and keep low-cost generic versions off of the market. Consumers would lose $11 billion from the extension and receive nothing in return; Ashcroft, on the other hand, received a $50,000 campaign donation...
...believe that Ashcroft is the only candidate Bush could support as the nation's highest-ranking law-enforcement official, and we urge the Senate to reject his appointment and ask Bush for another nominee...
What was president-elect George W. Bush thinking when he selected John Ashcroft as his nominee for Attorney General? That since he was designating three superbly qualified African Americans for high-level positions--Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Rod Paige--blacks would somehow overlook Ashcroft's horrendous record on race? Or that it was compassionately conservative for Bush to hire a man who had just lost re-election as Missouri's junior U.S. Senator to a dead man? (Governor Mel Carnahan, who died in a plane crash during the campaign...