Seneca, I see you are a free member and this was your first post. You are right that we don't allow political discussions on this "no politics" thread which is reserved for discussing how to make money in the stock market. I don't know of any way to trade John Ashcroft either short or long.
If you do an IHUB search on "ZTTP" you will find the Zeev Political Topics Thread where you are welcome to thrash out the rights and wrongs of the Republicans, Democrats, Whigs, Tories, and whether Ross Perot would have made a good president or a great president. There are always people willing to argue any topic or point of view there.