URGENT:Support Ashcroft

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We need to win this battle. President Bush should be allowed to appoint his own people in his administration. If Ashcroft is defeated by the left, that is a clear sign to the left that Bush's administration is a lame-duck.

Please sign the petition below and call, email and write your US Senators to vote for Ashcroft.



You probably know by now that the vote for John Ashcroft's confirmationas Attorney General in the Senate Judiciary Committee has been pushedback one week.

Senator Orrin Hatch said the opposition to the nomination is 'intenseand relentless.'

The Democrats have inundated Ashcroft with hundreds of questions forhim to answer in writing before next Wednesday.

The delayed vote gives the opposition groups - which are highly mobilized- even more time to promote their smear campaign.

People for the American Way, Americans United for the Separation of Churchand State, National Organization for Women, and others are mobilizingtheir activists - calling their senators asking them to reject Ashcroft.

Tragically, this opposition is having an effect.

But we cannot sit by and let this happen!

We, too, can make a difference - and I will need your help.

I'm asking you to do two things today:

1) CALL YOUR SENATOR through the Capitol Switchboard - 202.224.3121.

I encourage you to have a polite and courteous conversation with yoursenator stressing that:

a) Ashcroft is qualified to be Attorney General;

b) Ashcroft should be confirmed not only because of his record, but alsobecause of his commitment to equally enforce the laws of the land - includingupholding the Constitution and rule of law;

c) President Bush deserves the opportunity to appoint his own AttorneyGeneral.

2) SIGN THE PETITION today, if you haven't already done so, urging ourleaders to confirm Ashcroft as Attorney General.
https://www.donation-net.net/aclj/ashcroft.cfm?dn=1008&id=358281&commid=2059129

We have more than 170,000 names of support on our petition so far. Butwe have another incredible opportunity to make our views heard duringthis one-week window before the vote!

Before the Ashcroft nomination goes to the Senate floor for a vote, Iwant to be able to deliver to each and every senator a petition thatincludes more than 200,000 names. We are working hard in Washington tokeep the senators aware of this growing effort of support.

Please sign the petition today - and email this critical message to yourfriends!
https://www.donation-net.net/aclj/ashcroft.cfm?dn=1008&id=358281&commid=2059129

Your generous gift today will help us fight this battle and continueour ongoing efforts across the country to uphold the Constitution.

Make your voice heard today!


Jay Alan Sekulow, Chief Counsel
American Center for Law and Justice

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I just called my US Senator (Diane Feinstein) to urge her to vote for John Ashcroft. I noticed her line was busy and the main Capitol line was busy as well.

I'm hoping it is the "Right" that is tieing up the lines with phone calls supporting Ashcroft and not the "Left".
 
I wonder if the week pushback on the vote was to allow some of the finer members of congress to transfer assets and arange for housing in a country without extradition back to the U.S.
 
Things are starting to look grim for Ashcroft

This from an email sent by a conservative outfit. While one may question some of the numbers, there is a highly concentrated, and apparently beginning to be successful, effort to defeat this man's nomination.

"If John Ashcroft's nomination fails, the dam will be broken." It is no longer in the bag folks, and the liberal dogs of war will be set loose if this "sure thing" is overturned.

This may well happen if we all sit on our hands. Yeah, there's a bunch of names. Call even one or two besides your own critters. A pain? Sure. But some will spend twice as much time here bitching that "we shoulda/coulda, etc." if the nomination fails.

If you don't want to spend the $15, at least call your senators AND a couple of the Judiciary members: (Democrats only)

Leahy, Patrick, (202) 224-4242

Kennedy, Edward, (202) 224-4543

Biden Jr, Joseph, (202) 224-5042

Kohl, Herb, (202) 224-5653

Feinstein, Dianne, (202) 224-3841

Feingold, Russell, (202) 224-5323

Schumer, Charles, (202) 224-6542

Durbin, Dick, (202)224-2152

Cantwell, Maria, (202)224-3441

Here's the email -

The Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have switched tactics in their effort to defeat President Bush's nominee for Attorney General, John Ashcroft.

The Democrats are demanding Ashcroft give them written answers to about 350 questions. They are also seriously considering launching a filibuster in the Senate.

The Democrat's tactic -- delay, delay, delay -- seems to be working. Senators are being swamped with anti-Ashcroft petitions, letters, phone calls, mailgrams, faxes, e-mails, etc.

The left-wing group "People for the American Way" claims that, by the end of last week, its anti-Ashcroft petition on a Web site was collecting 2,000 signers per hour!

And that was done without any paid advertising. Now they have announced plans to spend $275,000 on their anti-Ashcroft campaign.

Already, "People for the American Way" has delivered more than a ton of petitions to U.S. Senators.

And that organization is just one of HUNDREDS of left-wing groups working to defeat the Ashcroft nomination.

These liberals are trying to ruin John Ashcroft's reputation as part of their "politics of personal destruction."

If John Ashcroft's nomination fails, the dam will be broken. We will see a flood of left-wing, anti-religious bigotry and race-baiting that will wash away the hopes of any conservative, religious person who seeks high office.

But that will only happen if we let it happen.

I'm calling you to action today. I'm asking you to take two steps right now:

1. Click below to send faxes to every one of the 50 Democrats in the U.S. Senate. The cost is only $15 to have 50 faxes hand-delivered to all 50 Democrat Senators within hours:

http://www.BackAshcroft.com/faxgram.asp?ref=chq6

2. Forward this letter to every conservative and Republican friend, family member, neighbor, co-worker -- anyone on your e-mail list who might support our effort.

Democratic Senators and Washington special-interest groups are redoubling their efforts to defeat John Ashcroft. Millions of Americans must make their voices heard today or John Ashcroft's nomination may be defeated.

Thank you for your efforts.

Linda Chavez

P.S. You can easily obtain the phone numbers and e-mail addresses of all 50 Democratic Senators at the official U.S. Senate web site ( http://www.senate.gov ). It's a little more time consuming to find their fax numbers because you need to look up each Senator one a time if you go to the Senate home page.
 
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