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Originally posted by Superbelt
Ashcroft instead of Rice for several reasons.
Ashcroft is a lightning rod. And the only people who will be upset that his is gone are the way, way far right loonies.
Lose Rice and you lose half the administrations diversity....
Funny how McCain keeps making these statements, it's almost like he not-so-secretly wants to see Bush tossed out on his ear.
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I would have thought Ms. Rice would be prime for the block as she doesn't quite fit in, eh? I mean, Ashcroft comes from the same sort as the rest of the administration. Former governor, former member of Congress, very conservative, long history in government so on and so forth. I would have thought that Ms. Rice would be the better choice to cull from the herd so to speak, even if it meant losing diversity.
As for paper trail, well, that doesn't seem to bother most folks as long as a good spin is put on it. One of the big justifications for us not knowing what the hell was going on is the big miscommunication factor between the FBI and the CIA. I would imagine that's a pretty big part of Ms. Rice's job. I certainly could see the administration throwing Ms. Rice to the wolves over that.
Maybe I'm reading the whole thing wrong....
As for McCain, I think a lot of folks would cross the party line to vote for him. I know I would.