Jeremiah Smith: “Kay James said it about as well as you can say it. ``Religious profiling,'' that is what it is. You can't be a man of…”

“Kay James said it about as well as you can say it. ``Religious profiling,'' that is what it is. You can't be a man of faith or a woman of faith. You can't be that. You can't have views that differ with the left. Otherwise, you can't serve. That is it. Bipartisanship? I will tell you how far it reaches when we agree with that. That is when we get bipartisanship. They never come over to agree with us. That is what this debate is about. It is about the continuation of the election. The election is over. Hello, the election is over, folks. The President of the United States should pick his Cabinet. That is the right thing to do, and every one of you knows it. To get into this character assassination of racism, anti-Catholic, antigay, anti-this, anti-that--there is not a shred of evidence about John Ashcroft that would indicate that, and you ought to examine your conscience before you vote. John Ashcroft is well qualified to be Attorney General, maybe one of the most qualified ever to even be put up for nomination.”