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AL NEEDS A JOB
Poor Al--he's all resume, no job. Sort of a yuppified version of "All hat, no cattle."
And what a resume he has: graduate of Harvard law school; chief lawyer for the president of the United States; and then U.S. attorney general, America's top lawyer.
Alberto Gonzales can't get a job. Having been forced to resign as attorney general, the Texan who flowered in the manure of George W's corporate-financed rise to power has been putting out feelers to the very corporate law firms that fueled his rise to the legal heights. They are not returning his phone calls.
Gonzales confused personal loyalty to the Bush regime with public responsibility. Legalize torture? He'd find a way. Use the Justice Department as a political hit squad? He was okay with that. Go before Congress and play a dummy? Hey, count on Al.
Unfortunately, this tail-wagging loyalty to the Bushites caused Gonzales to be seen as, let's say, less than truthful, even to Republican lawmakers. Plus, he's facing possible criminal charges for his prevarications.