From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Giuliani , former mayor of New York, since I couldn't spell the last name
and didn't want to look it up I just used the first 

Although a certain red nosed reindeer might fit in well 

Bob Lewis

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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> Rudy?
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> - Bob Comer
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> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> Oh, I didn't mean an overt olive branch, just a default one. That said, I
>> think Rudy doeth protest too loudly that he's not interested, so he'll
>> probably be the replacement if there is one.
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>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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>>>I had heard that Ashcroft was possibly leaving a couple of weeks ago .
>>>Don't recall where but I think it was due to the stress. Didn't he have
>>>Gall Bladder surgery last year ?
>>>
>>> I doubt that it will be played up as anything but his choice unless he
>>> has pissed off the boss. Bush is too loyal to his loyal followers to
>>> portray Ashcroft's leaving as an olive branch to anyone ( Unless
>>> Ashcroft suggests it).
>>>
>>> Bob Lewis
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>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>>> Ashcroft may or may not leave, but if he does, it'll be
for the express
>>>> purpose of an olive branch to difuse the rampant rantings
of the entire
>>>> left-wing that equate his name with the Patriot Act. Sort
of a "see,
>>>> that bad man is gone, so you can return to your library
now" >>> don't leave any notes behind for the porter> 
>>>>
>>>> OTOH, maybe he'll stay to continue to draw all the
invective, so as to
>>>> keep the whining divided instead of concentrated on the other
>>>> initiatives coming up. One thing's sure, a rumor that he's
leaving by
>>>> the likes of the NY Times, CBS et al. is hardly anything to take
>>>> seriously.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>>> news:418ae44f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> Who knows if this story is accurate.  If Ashcroft does
leave, there is
>>>>> nothing I've seen to indicate it would be anything other than a
>>>>> personal
>>>>> decision.  He's done a fine job with the war on terror
overall, it
>>>>> seems to
>>>>> me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>> "Steve Ewing"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:opsgyy2efxsagvys{at}news.barkto.com...
>>>>>> Time for a little housecleaning.  I'll bet ol'
Colin is feeling a bit
>>>>>> peaked, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=3&u=/ap/20041104/ap_on_go_c
a_st_pe/ashcroft_future
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Steve 
>>>>>> http://www.qmss.com/sewing
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