# Ashcroft is Coming, Part Duex **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627 "2007-03-12T17:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/1 "2007-03-12T17:04:05Z")
For those of you who remember, Former Attorney General Richard Ashcroft is speaking at my school on Thursday. What has changed since the last time we talked about this is that there will be a Q&A section of the program, and this being a small school, I know the guy in charge of picking people to ask questions. I jumped on that opportunity, believe me. So, fellow dopers, I must ask, is there any burning question you simply must have answered by Ashcroft? I’ve got a few in my head involving the Patriot Act mostly, but I figure you are all more intelligent than I am, and can probably come up with more thoughtful, helpful questions than I. Yes, I know this isn’t really a pit per se, but it’s where the last thread was, so I figured that’s where it’s sequel should go as well. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/2 "2007-03-12T17:08:58Z")
[You may want to start by getting his name right](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashcroft) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/3 "2007-03-12T17:33:04Z")
You might ask him if he thinks it’s reasonable for U.S Attorneys to be sacked for investigating too many Republicans, or for failing to investigate enough Democrats. Seems to be kinda topical right now. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/4 "2007-03-12T17:33:24Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] [You may want to start by getting his name right](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashcroft) 😛 [/QUOTE] The OPer must think he’s a Dick… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/5 "2007-03-12T17:40:32Z")
“Is it true you would turn to dust if exposed to sunlight?” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/6 "2007-03-12T17:45:17Z")
Ask him to sing that eagle song he wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/7 "2007-03-12T17:56:05Z")
Ask if you can see your file. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/8 "2007-03-12T18:05:27Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Ask him to sing that eagle song he wrote. [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t. He might. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/9 "2007-03-12T18:12:17Z")
[Let the Eagle Soar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M789kRvbziM) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/10 "2007-03-12T18:36:02Z")
Do bare female statues really excite him inappropriately? (And is he turned on by [nipples or the cold aluminum](http://members.macconnect.com/users/t/tnolen/story.ashcroft.statue.jpg)?) (He is not going to let anyone see their files; Gonzales has charge of them, now.) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/11 "2007-03-12T18:54:47Z")
Ask him what it was like to lose an election to a dead guy. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/12 "2007-03-12T19:16:54Z")
Ask him if granting extended powers to law enforcement agencies is a wise decision, seeing as how the government routinely seems to try to overstep its powers (e.g. FBI trying to circumvent the requirements of the National Security Letter provision.) Ask him if he agrees with Detroit District Court judge Taylor’s ruling that the warrantless wiretapping (autorized by the Bush administration) is illegal under FISA as well as unconstitutional under the First and Fourth Amendments of the United States Constitution. If the wiretapping was legally justified, is it right for the president to refuse to reauthorize it? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/13 "2007-03-12T19:17:53Z")
Ask him 'If I disagree with you publically, [will you have me arrested by the secret service?](http://www.progressive.org/mag_mc100406) ’ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/14 "2007-03-12T19:33:34Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Ask him to sing that eagle song he wrote. [/QUOTE] I thought he wrote _Bittersweet Symphony_. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/15 "2007-03-12T19:42:34Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] [You may want to start by getting his name right](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashcroft) 😛 [/QUOTE] Nah, start by spelling “deux” correctly, _then_ get his name right. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/16 "2007-03-12T19:48:59Z")
Okay, I deserve all the ribbing on saying Richard instead of John (though **VunderBob** isn’t far off). I don’t know what I was thinking. Give me a little break on “deux,” that’s just an honest typo. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/17 "2007-03-12T19:54:29Z")
If the guy can’t duck any question you ask, he’s not much of a politician. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/18 "2007-03-12T20:15:16Z")
Actually, the thread title inspired me to the following: > [@](#): > > Ashcroft is coming; the geese are having fits. > Please to put a cloth across Justitia’s tits! > If you haven’t got a linen drape, a halter top’ll do; > If you haven’t got a halter top, then God bless you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/19 "2007-03-12T20:44:40Z")
Ask him if he might be interested in being USAG again. Since the job apparently is about to open up. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627/20 "2007-03-12T21:56:05Z")
Ask him: Where signing statements are supported in the Constitution. Does he think Congress can retract its authorization to go to Iraq. If he thinks The Rapture is imminent what does it matter what we do in the short term. If God doesn’t like female breasts why are we born naked? Would he vote for an Atheist? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashcroft-is-coming-part-duex/395627.md?page=2)