John Ashcroft
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"Let the mighty eagle so-o-o-ar!" - John Ashcroft, with a nice strong well-structured vibrato.
Mr. Ashcroft famously lost his seat in the US Senate to a dead guy,[1] before being appointed Attorney General by George W. Bush. In that position he tried to get some statue with boobs outside the Justice Department draped for decency.
He also had a thing for cats. That would be an extreme paranoia of them, based on his belief that cats are Satan's minions.[2]
Sadly, it turned out that this insanely conservative man was far too decent for the Bush administration. Apparently, Alberto Gonzalez attempted to get him to sign off on warrantless wiretapping while drugged up after surgery (knowing he wouldn't sign off on it any other time), but he refused, saying he was in no condition to sign anything and forcing them to deal with his skeptical assistant.
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ "In the end he ran for Senate re-election, but lost his seat to a dead man"
- ↑ Ok, so he formally denies it, but Vanity Fair holds by their article
