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Originally Posted by guy44
5. The fact that he is just a godawful AG. I do, legitimately want a good AG, even if it means good press for Bush. But despite the Patriot Act powers, Ashcroft managed exactly zero terrorist convictions, and all convictions using the Patriot Act powers have had utterly nothing to do with terrorism. Ashcroft even screwed up with those terrorist suspects from Detroit, an open and shut case, by violating all sorts of rights.
Also, I'd like to point out that he wasn't just reviled during his stint as AG. During the 2000 election, he lost to his dead opponent (Mel Carnahan). I mean, that's really saying something.
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Now here would be an argument against him being a good AG. I really don't know here who is to blame or if more could be done (after all trying to prove terrorism intent is pretty hard), but it would be a legitimate complaint.
Sadly I don't think his detractors were really upset that he didn't arrest more people. In fact I would think they would be upset for him doing so.