John Ashcroft has a rough night a Knox College

John Ashcroft Yelled at Me Tonight. No Joke. (K.O.'S "WORSE PERSON IN THE WORLD"!)

by Elsinora
from DailyKos
Tue Apr 22, 2008

My final verdict on Ashcroft: this is what Hannah Arendt meant by "the banality of evil."

(UPDATE: Wow, guys, you really got the story out--it's all over the web! And special thanks to Keith Olbermann for citing this story on "Worst Person in the World" tonight. I think we can all agree that Ashcroft's "Honor" was well deserved. You can see the "Worst Person in the World" segment here.)

Earlier today, I promised you Kossacks an eyewitness account of John Ashcroft's speech on "Leadership in Troubled Times" at Knox College this evening, which I just got back from attending. So, while it's still fresh in my mind, here's how it went--including the question I asked that made him lose his cool completely. (Pictures courtesy of the Galesburg Register Online.)

Knox College is a liberal arts college, in every sense of the word "liberal." Out of approximately 1400 students, the Knox College Republicans can claim only six members. Although we're a tiny college, we attract very prestigious Democrats to come speak: Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert, and Bill Clinton were our last three commencement speakers. (This year Madeleine Albright will be commencement speaker.) Not to be outdone, this year the College Republicans managed to raise $15,000 to entice Ashcroft to come speak.

(More here.)