perrspectives.com - 12/31/2008
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During April 2007 Senate testimony about his role in the purge of U.S. attorneys, Alberto Gonzales famously explained, "that I don't recall remembering." Now comes word that the former Attorney General is writing a tell-nothing memoir designed to salvage his...
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patriotboy.blogspot.com - 1/2/2009
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It's a terrible shame that no one is
willing to hire a former Attorney General of the
United States. That's especially true for Alberto Gonzales, a man who's proven that he'd do absolutely anything (lie, violate the constitution, break US law, ...
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Petition Wal-Mart to Hire Alberto Gonzales
thinkprogress.org - 12/31/2008
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Alberto Gonzales’s legal career at the White House
and the Justice Department was a stain even for
the Bush administration. Gonzales left office with a 28 percent approval rating , with over 40 percent of the country saying he should resign. ...
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Gonzales: ‘What Is It That I Did That Is So ...
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"I Don't Recall Remembering" - The Alberto Gonzales Memoir
Crooks and Liars —
... was "one-sided and didn't have the right context," and gave the impression that he and Mr. Card were attempting to take advantage of Mr. Ashcroft. "I found Ashcroft as lucid as I've seen him at meetings in the White House," he said.
Thus far, Gonzales has yet to secure a publisher for his book. But while the disgraced Attorney General may not have a gift for recollection, he apparently has a gift for fiction.
(This piece is crossposted at Perrspectives.)
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The Sideshow —
... with the injustices in our own country. One such injustice, long ignored, places the United States at a shameful apex above all other nations: the ruthlessness of our prison system. Now, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), despite the political risks involved, has made an important step toward much needed reform." (And, at the other end of the spectrum, Mark Halperin still makes excuses for Bush.) Cheney wanted to invade Iraq so much that he even lied to his friends. "I Don't Recall Remembering" - The Alberto Gonzales Story. "Guess which private equity groups ...
Gonzo shopping a memoir calling himself a ‘casualty of the war on terror’
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Jon Perr over at Perrspectives does a nice summary on this, including Gonzales’ view of the infamous thuggish visit to “extremely ill and disoriented” former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s hospital bed (following) emergency gall bladder surgery trying to get the ailing man’s John Hancock on renewal of Bush’s illegal domestic surveillance program. ...
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