“There are people out there who simply do not believe in our values,” Ashcroft said. “The number one value in America is freedom. They want to impose their ideas. Because that flies in the face of freedom, we reject it totally.”
“If you care about the defenders of freedom then you ought to understand that there is one person who is head and shoulders above everyone else and that is John McCain, said Ashcroft.”
“This is a woman who knows how to make tough decisions, who knows how to administer something,” said Ashcroft, observing that Senator Joe Biden’s lauded committee positions were acquired totally by seniority, due to his 30 years in Washington.
As for most Americans, 9/11 was a defining point for the former Attorney General.
“I knew the world would never be the same,” said Ashcroft. “It’s going to take more and more skill to protect America. We can’t take less and less.”
“‘Give me liberty or give me death’ -- that ought to be our core policy,” said Ashcroft quoting patriot Patrick Henry’s famous speech before the Virginia Convention in March 1775.
“America is the only country that can’t say we’re better than other people,” Ashcroft said. “Look around, we are other people.”
The Republican Committee’s McCain Headquarters is located at 203 S. Main Street, Culpeper, VA 22701, phone: (540) 825-2008. (Next to the Post Office).
Photo: Barbara Taylor of Culpeper, our local representative for Congressman Eric Cantor, greets John Ashcroft at Luigi's Restaurant, Southgate Shopping Center, Culpeper
PATRICK HENRY 1736-1799 Speech before the Virginia Convention March 1775"... Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know now what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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