white house
08/27/2007
Alberto Gonzales, Bush's non-brain
Today, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales became the latest Bushie to abandon ship. As I see it, the senior members of the current administration can be divided into two categories: the evil (aka Rove, Cheney, and the rest of the Office of Special Plans), and the clueless (aka Harriet Miers, Michael Brown). Gonzales may have aspired to the former, but he never quite made it. Why? Because he just wasn't slick enough with his illegal schemes.
It's not easy to choose Gonzales' worst moment during his tenure as White House Counsel and Attorney General because there are just so many to choose from. Some would pick his defense of torture, others might be charmed by the U.S. Attorney scandal. I personally have a weakness for the whole bullying-John-Ashcroft-in-the hospital-room affair. Why? Because it captures so many of the qualities that have made the Bushies our worst group of leaders ever. Disregard of the consititution? Check. Valuing loyalty to awful policies over the best interests of the country? Check. Embarrassing the U.S. on the world stage? Check.
Goodbye, Alberto. We hope that your inevitable seven-figure hire by one of Bushie's oil cronies treats you well. (P.S. Go fuck yourself.)
