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Meet John Ashcroft. In 2000, he was running for re-election as Senator from Missouri against a man who died the month before the election. The voters preferred the dead guy, so George W. Bush made him his Attorney General. He was sworn in on a stack of Bibles, 'cause when you can't beat a dead guy, you need all the help you can get
Meet John Ashcroft. In 2000, he was running for re-election as Senator from Missouri against a man who died the month before the election. The voters preferred the dead guy, so George W. Bush made him his Attorney General. He was sworn in on a stack of Bibles, 'cause when you can't beat a dead guy, you need all the help you can get
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Meet John Ashcroft
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In 2000 he was running for re election as senator for Missouri
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against a man who died the month before the election
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The voters preferred the dead guy
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So George W Bush made him his attorney general
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He was sworn in on a stack of Bibles
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Because when you can't beat a dead guy
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you need all the help you can get
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Movie Summary
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
