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Survivor John Ashcroft Confirmed by Tribal Council
With Little Help From Dem Friends.

by Randy Barker

According to the Neilsen Ratings, Survivor II beat out Friends last Thursday
night.  On the same day, that ultimate survivor, John Ashcroft, got a four-year immunity and beat 42 former Senate friends who had turned into vicious back-biting snakes. Of the 50 Senate Democrats, most of whom had just served the last six years with John, only eight voted for confirmation. And those eight did not include Missouri Senator Carnahan (wife of the dead candidate) who wouldn't even be a senator if Ashcroft had chosen to assert his legal rights. But, it didn't really matter since the Republicans stood together against this latest "hi-tech lynching". The 58-42 vote was a testament to how extensively the Extreme Left controls the Democrat Party. No Democrat who would soon be up for election voted for Ashcroft. They were intimidated by the pro-abortion crowd and homosexual groups, but most of all by black demagoguery groups protesting bogus voting irregularities in Florida. Irregularities not found by the Civil Rights Commission, even though they're still desperately trying after initial total failure.

From a Democrat point of view, this demonization of Ashcroft served a
purpose. They now have a "demon" they can use for direct mail fund-raising in much the same way they used Newt. They managed to get 42 votes, which means they could have sustained a filibuster, and could do that to conservative judicial nominees in the future. And they hope policy pledges they extracted from Ashcroft will inhibit him from doing his job.

And he potentially has a lot to do if he decides to do it. For instance, he
could go after James Riady, Indonesian money launderer for the Red Chinese/ Democrat Party, whose plea bargain is still pending, and could be stopped, giving Clinton, Gore and Hillary nightmares. Already indicted Teamster Ron Carey, the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka and Democrat National Chairman Terry McAuliffe could be caught in yet another case of money laundering. Plus, those Chinese spying charges are still unresolved. The Justice Department turned into a cesspool under Janet Reno. It's just a question of how much crap Ashcroft wants to wade into, and when.

There's one thing there's no question about, though. We're going to have at
least six more years of Bill Clinton hogging the airwaves. Much like that
famous groundhog, Paunxsatawney Phil, old Chappaqua Bill emerged Thursday from his $650,000, 57th floor, Carnegie Hall Tower burrow (or maybe anything that big should be called a borough). He did not see his shadow, however. The Devil Incarnate never sees his shadow.

Excerpt from NotSo SERIOUS MONEY
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