Wanna know what Ashcroft thinks of independent counsels? Start here.

[Fridays Child]

This is from kath, a new DUer who can't start a thread yet (Welcome, kath!):

From Liberal Oasis (via Atrios):

http://www.liberaloasis.com/archives/092803.htm#100203

Let’s go to the videotape. October 4, 1997. CNN’s “Evans & Novak.”

(Robert Novak was off that day, sorry ironists).

The issue was allegations of fundraising violations by Al Gore:

ASHCROFT: The truth of the matter is that if the law's been violated, we should be able to ascertain that.

We can, if we have an independent person without a conflict of interest…

ROWLAND EVANS: …The attorney general has shaved down all the allegations that Vice President Gore apparently down to one single allegation -- which telephone he used to make these fundraising calls from.

Do you really think that alone is worthy of a special prosecutor?

ASHCROFT: …you know, a single allegation can be most worthy of a special prosecutor.

If you're abusing government property, if you're abusing your status in office, it can be a single fact that makes the difference on that.

So my own view is that there are plenty of things which should have caused , a long time ago, to appoint a special prosecutor, an independent investigator.

We asked for that on March the 13th of this year in letters from Republican members on the Judiciary Committee. And she's in a bad position…

…The man who signs her check is the man that she's investigating, and she hasn't been very aggressive about it.

[rucky]

1. Good Catch!

Now we don't have speculate on how much of a hypocrite he is.

[Fridays Child]

2. Kicking...

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