John Ashcroft isn't being put on the defensive and he's not fazed by his critics. He's doing the job he was appointed to do and is doing it superbly. Which is more than you can say for the entire 8 years Janet Reno headed the Justice Department. What angers Ashcroft's enemies is he carving out a place for himself in history and they can't stand him doing it. Ashcroft has the complete support and confidence of the President and that counts for more than all the carping from Sen. Patrick "Depends Leaky" Leahy, the ACLU, PFAW, and the rest of the "Get John Ashcroft" crowd. We Freepers Friends and Americans can be proud of what he's doing to keep America safe AND protect our civil liberties.
John Ashcroft isn't being put on the defensive and he's not fazed by his critics. He's doing the job he was appointed to do and is doing it superbly. Which is more than you can say for the entire 8 years Janet Reno headed the Justice Department. What angers Ashcroft's enemies is he carving out a place for himself in history and they can't stand him doing it. Ashcroft has the complete support and confidence of the President and that counts for more than all the carping from Sen. Patrick "Depends Leaky" Leahy, the ACLU, PFAW, and the rest of the "Get John Ashcroft" crowd. We Freepers Friends and Americans can be proud of what he's doing to keep America safe AND protect our civil liberties. I was referring to spiritual warfare that is affecting Ashcroft, as well as the sniping, carping, whining, work-deterring tactics of those who hate the law being enforced as it was intended to be. It's difficult to do what you are charged with doing when you have to divert valuable time, energy, and resources to fighting what, in effect, is like frivolous lawsuits.
I have been in positions where I have had to deal with this type of attack on the job (spiritual attack). It wears a person down. This is why Christians are admonished in Scripture to bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. By praying for him, others will make Ashcroft's job a lot easier.
We should never underestimate the effects of the opposition on our leaders. History tells a lot more than current occupants of the highest offices will tell us on the subject.