Well look here Jesse and Don
JESSE JACKSON But it’s not just about African-Americans. Don’t stop there. Mr. Ashcroft has taken very strong positions against workers right to organize, against women’s rights to set the termination in the case of incest and rape, against environmental protections. There—there’s a range of objections, so it’s—it’s more than—than Ronnie White. He is an extremist embraced by the Southern partisan which he calls the civil rights—the civil (unintelligible) the American heroes. He does not represent broad-based credibility.
DON NICKLES I disagree with that. I don’t think that’s fair. Again, I know him well and John Ashcroft is an outstanding individual, he’ll make an outstanding attorney general, and for—people oppose him because they disagree with him philosophically. I look at Janet Reno. Janet Reno was President Clinton’s, I think, third pick to be attorney general, she was pro-choice, she was pro—against the death penalty and she’s confirmed, rather quickly, 98-to-nothing and so just because somebody has philosophical differences doesn’t mean they can’t be confirmed. And we know—and we know John Ashcroft, and he deserves to be confirmed...
SAM DONALDSON But—but to know and to like someone doesn’t mean the same thing as to think their record is qualified.
DON NICKLES But he’s qualified. I mean, he is more than qualified. We’ve never had somebody that is both attorney general and governor and senator be nominated to—for the post of attorney general.
JESSE JACKSON This is using—this is choosing collegiality over civil rights and social justice. On matters of voter suppression, can we turn to him? I think not. On matters of affirmative action, can we turn to him? I think not. Can women fighting for rights of sexual termination turn to him? I think not. Can the environmentalists turn to him? I—I think not. And in that position which sets the moral tone, we deserve a broader, more credible person. There’s a lot of talk about Mr. Bush’s...
SAM DONALDSON The Republicans won.
JESSE JACKSON Well, really...
SAM DONALDSON What I mean to say to you that in 1992 and 1993, when President Clinton came in, could the Republicans turn in some of his nominees?
JESSE JACKSON And—and—and that’s a huge debate. We do know that, in fact, they got the fewest number of votes, which usually does not equal winning. Mr. Bush, who won because they stopped the clock cannot...
DON NICKLES Whoa, whoa...
SAM DONALDSON Now wait...
JESSE JACKSON ...because they stopped the clock cannot now turn back the clock.
SAM DONALDSON Well, you said he used ‘Nazi tactics’ in Florida.
JESSE JACKSON Let me tell you what happened...
DON NICKLES Now wait a minute—wait a minute, you can’t—you’re referring...
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