I'll give it two and a half stars.

[rejectomorph]

The Passion of the Attorney General.

It might have been better written had it been done for a magazine more demanding than Vanity Fair, but it's still entertaining and moderately enlightening. And, yes, the man is a certifiable loony.

Link stolen from polonius.

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[rejectomorph]

I find him fascinating to watch. He truly is an oddity, even in the Bush administration, where obsessive beliefs are as common as dirt. I often wonder just how much influence he has over Bush himself. Could there someday be a battle for the Presidential soul between Ashcroft and the neo-con pragmatists such as Rummy and Wolfowitz? I'm sure they have different agendas in mind for the long term, and are just using each other to achieve their own ends. Strange bedfellows, indeed.

But I do enjoy it when Ashcroft drops one of his little bombs, such as pointing out in public that, for Jews and Christians, pride is a sin and not a virtue. In his speeches (written for him by people who actually have some command of language) Bush still touts pride, of course, but I like to think that he's at least a bit uneasy about doing so after hearing one of Ashcroft's sermons. It will be very interesting to see how this underlying conflict of beliefs plays out.

[marseille.livejournal.com]

It is fascinating, because he's so good at it, but he does worry me. Between Ashcroft and Rumsfeld, there's plenty to be concerned about.