John Ashcroft Enjoys Being Covered in Cooking Oil... Apparently.

I just found this wonderful little tidbit while reading a completely different article from a link at Crooks & Liars, and to be totally honest, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
This guy has a Cooking Oil rubdown/Anointing thing happenning before each of his gubernatorial terms and thinks it's a good thing?


Ashcroft invites God on decisions.

WASHINGTON -- Attorney
General-designate John Ashcroft says he tries to "invite God's presence" while
making crucial decisions and compares his political victories and defeats to
resurrections and crucifixions.

The former Missouri governor also wrote that
he was anointed before each of his gubernatorial terms and on the evening before
he was sworn into the U.S. Senate a friend brought out Crisco cooking
oil for anointing when no holy oil could be found.

In his 1998 book, "Lessons From A Father To His Son," the son
of a pastor makes clear his deep devotion to Christianity and details how it has
shaped his lengthy public career -- from his view on race to
his staunch opposition to abortion and support for the
death penalty.

Wasn't it the Sixth commandment that said "Thou Shalt Not Kill"? These Religious Fundamentalists seem to be very selective on what they take from the Bible.

The Article was written in an Associated Press news paper and was copied onto the Website "Quest for the Presidency".


Read the full article here.