John Ashcroft Writes Like an Eighth Grader

Have you read the text of Ashcroft's hand-written resignation letter to Bush? Although there aren't any glaring errors or malapropisms really, there is just a general laziness about his writing. It's just so sterile and stiff. He must have written this in short order after an unexpected request for his resignation and had to swallow his pride to make it respectful enough for eventual publication.