HOMOPHILIC ASHCROFT

Yes, I nearly fell out of my chair. When Senator Feingold asked John Ashcroft whether he will continue a non-discrimination policy for gays in the Justice Department, Ashcroft said yes! Not only that, he would retain DOJ’s gay pride organization. My point about how important it is to bring these evangelicals into the business of governing the actual country, gays included, is stronger than I anticipated. Of course, this could all be another example of the brilliant passive-aggressive strategy Bush has so far used to maneuver his way through the recount and the transition, but surely this is a promise that Ashcroft will have to keep. Not only single matron attorneys general can be gay-friendly, it seems. (I’m referring to the famously sexually ambiguous Janet Reno. Well, she wasn’t all that ambiguous, but whatever). Next thing we know, Johnny Ashcroft will be hanging a disco ball from the ceiling. Go, Log Cabin!