Thursday, 12/06/01

Pleasantly weird John Ashcroft synchronicity today -- it always gives me a bit of a start when Molly Ivins and William Safire wind up on the same team. Today, Ivins uses the same term ("honorable exception") to praise Safire that Safire uses to praise Patrick Leahy, which is almost apocalyptically odd.

Then there's Jon Carroll:

"ASHCROFT IS ALSO calling for a relaxation of rules regarding spying on religious and political organizations. [...] 'If religion is hijacked and used as a cover for killing thousands of Americans, we're interested.' For two decades now, religion has been hijacked and used as an excuse for bombing abortion centers and killing abortion providers. The original anthrax scares were at abortion clinics, not in the halls of Congress. Ashcroft was not interested then; apparently his fury depends on which religion is being hijacked."

What he said. 01:51PM «

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