Subject: Important Message Regarding Senator Ashcroft
TO: GOP Activist
Dear Fellow Republican:
Most Americans hoped the end of the Clinton presidency would also be
the end of the Clinton attack machine. But instead of embracing
President-Elect Bush's call for a new bipartisanship, the extreme left is
embracing the politics of personal destruction in attacking the nomination
of Senator John Ashcroft to the position of Attorney General of the United
States.
Senator Ashcroft has been praised by his fellow Senators across the
ideological spectrum as a man of the highest integrity. Yet, extreme
left-wing groups smear Ashcroft as a "racist" because his concerns about
victims' rights and upholding the death penalty led him to oppose one
African-American judge - even though Senator Ashcroft voted to confirm 26
out of 28 African-American judicial nominees put forward by the Clinton
Administration.
Senator Ashcroft needs your help. Please call, fax and e-mail the
Democratic Senators listed at the end of this letter who will be voting on
the Ashcroft nomination. Tell them that the politics of personal
destruction must stop, and urge them to support the nomination of John
Ashcroft.
Take a moment to read the truth about Senator Ashcroft by reading
the facts below and visiting our special website at
http://www.rnc.org/ashcroft.htm. Forward this e-mail to your friends and
family and encourage them to do the same. Only if enough concerned
Americans make their voices heard will we ever get beyond the partisanship
and political smear campaigns that have been all too common these last eight
years. It's time to restore dignity to our political process. Thank you
for your help.
Sincerely,
Chairman Jim Nicholson
P.S. - Please don't forget to contact these Senators, and to forward this
e-mail to as many people as you can!
Baucus, Max (Montana)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-2651/Fax: 202-228-3687
Bayh, Evan (Indiana)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-5623/Fax: 202-228-1377
Biden, Joe (Delaware)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-5042/Fax: 202-224-0139
Bingaman, Jeff (New Mexico)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-5521/Fax: 202-224-2852
Breaux, John (Louisiana)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-4623/Fax: 202-228-2577
Carnahan, Jean (Missouri)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-6154/Fax: 202-228-0043
Cleland, Max (Georgia)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-3521/Fax: 202-224-0072
Conrad, Kent (North Dakota)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-2043/Fax: 202-224-7776
Dorgan, Byron (North Dakota)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-2551/Fax: 202-224-1193
Durbin, ****** (Illinois)
******@durbin.senate.gov Phone: 202-224-2152/Fax: 202-228-0400
Feingold, Russ (Wisconsin)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-5323/Fax: 202-224-2725
Feinstein, Dianne (California)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-3841/Fax: 202-228-3954
Hollings, Fritz (South Carolina) Phone: 202-224-6121/Fax: 202-224-4293
Kennedy, Ted (Massachusetts)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-4543/Fax: 202-224-2417
Kohl, Herb (Wisconsin)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-5653/Fax: 202-224-9787
Landrieu, Mary (Louisiana)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-5824/Fax: 202-224-9735
Leahy, Patrick (Vermont)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-4242
Lieberman, Joe (Connecticut)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-4041/Fax: 202-224-9750
Lincoln, Blanche (Arkansas)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-4843/Fax: 202-228-1371
Miller, Zell (Georgia) Phone: 202-224-7272/Fax: 202-228-2090
Nelson, Ben (Nebraska) Phone: 202-224-6551/Fax: 202-228-0012
Schumer, Chuck (New York)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-6542/Fax: 202-228-3027
Torricelli, Robert (New Jersey)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-3224/Fax: 202-224-8567
Wyden, Ron (Oregon)
[email protected] Phone: 202-224-5244/Fax: 202-228-2717
The REAL Facts on Senator Ashcroft's Record
For more detailed information, visit http://www.rnc.org/ashcroft.htm.
* John Ashcroft is the most qualified candidate for Attorney General in
America's history. During his years as Missouri's Attorney General, he was
voted Chairman of the bipartisan National Association of Attorneys General.
As Missouri's Governor, his fellow governors voted him to be their Chairman
of the bipartisan National Governors Association.
* Governor Ashcroft signed into law Missouri's first Hate-Crimes Bill.
* Senator Ashcroft supported 26 of the 28 African Americans nominated to the
federal bench by the Clinton/Gore Administration. Of the two nominees that
Ashcroft did not support, one was withdrawn and the other, Ronnie White, was
defeated.
* As Governor, Ashcroft appointed several African Americans to judgeships,
including to the Missouri Court of Appeals And St. Louis' 21st Judicial
Circuit.
* Ashcroft was commended by one of the oldest black bar associations for his
record of appointing minorities.
* Ashcroft appointed the first African American to sit on St. Louis' 21st
Judicial Circuit.
* Ashcroft was one of the first governors to sign a law recognizing Martin
Luther King's Birthday.
* Ashcroft appointed a commission to celebrate King's legacy.
* Ashcroft created an award honoring George Washington Carver's
accomplishments.
* Ashcroft established the first and only African-American historic site in
Missouri.
* Ashcroft cosponsored the Violence Against Women Act.
* Ashcroft fought to toughen the penalties for gun crimes.
* Ashcroft attacked Missouri's drug problem.
* Liberals Have Praised Ashcroft As An Honest Man. "Former Sen. Paul Simon,
a liberal Democrat whose ideology is the polar opposite of Ashcroft's, says
[Ashcroft] is 'completely honest.' Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., who served
on the Judiciary Committee with Ashcroft, called him 'a gentleman' who was
'invariably polite and flexible' in his handling of legislative matters."
(David J. Porter, "John Ashcroft Attorney General," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
December 31, 2000) (emphasis added)
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