I went to hear John Ashcroft, our former Attorney General, speak last night. Actually, I went to protest. (Some things you just can't get out of your system). What a fiasco. With leadership like this, no wonder we're ass deep in alligators.To say he was awful would be a vast understatement. All he could talk about was 9/11, and how he and Bush did such a great job in response, saving us from the evil terrorists. Along the way, he justifies the use of torture. We can do such things in the name of liberty and democracy. The speech rambled on for an hour, during which time he made absolutely no points, short of demonstrating the awfulness of our leadership in Washington. I heard he made $10,000 for his effort. That would be $9,858 more than it was worth.