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In Searching for New Job, Gonzales Sees No Takers
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In Searching for New Job, Gonzales Sees No Takers

Politics – Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster, Washington lawyers and his associates said in recent interviews.

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Rating: +17 (+17/-0) | 2008-04-13 12:20:39
Goppy
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Maybe if he hadnt proven himself to be such a tool.

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Rating: +5 (+5/-0) | 2008-04-13 19:38:53
UnusualSuspect
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How many job offers do you think I'd get if I had his reputation? Not many, I'm sure...

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Rating: +2 (+2/-0) | 2008-04-13 22:03:32
TemplarScribe
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Hey, my kids' Day Care is hiring. $7 an hour and all the animal crackers you can eat.

On second thought, I don't think Al would be a good fit. Seeing "Successfully implemented major torture guidelines right under the noses of Congress and the Constitution" on his resume, might not be exactly what they're looking for.

'Course, he could always go to work for the new President of Russia. I expect he'd fit in there just fine. Or maybe the new Tibetan Human Rights Organization that China is talking about putting together.

Should be right up his black-hearted alley.

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Rating: +3 (+3/-0) | 2008-04-13 20:51:16
jaern
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And let this be a lesson to all those Bush loyalists out there. :o)

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Rating: +3 (+3/-0) | 2008-04-13 21:34:58
Teech
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There's a ******house in Tijuana looking for a spooge boy. Ã;lberto is NOT over qualified for the job.

Can't understand why he hasn't found a 6 figure job in the booming Bush economy.

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Rating: +16 (+16/-0) | 2008-04-13 13:02:49
jordan11
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Best news I've heard all year.

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Rating: +16 (+16/-0) | 2008-04-13 13:27:47
mntnman444
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There's always the Heritage Foundation.

With people like William Bennett,Ed Meese and Bill Kristol,he'll fit right in.

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Rating: +8 (+8/-0) | 2008-04-13 14:28:06
Goppy
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LOL!

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Rating: +16 (+16/-0) | 2008-04-13 13:38:06
LumFan
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I suspect that the only job that Mr. Gonzales will find is with some sort of right-wing think tank. With all of the investigations that are going on, and with his performance in front of the congressional committees, there is no law firm that will hire him. And by the time that those firms will have forgotten all of this, he will be too old to be of any worth.

A fitting end to his legal career.

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Rating: +9 (+9/-0) | 2008-04-13 14:43:52
mesodude
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Poor Speedy... ;-(

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Rating: +17 (+17/-0) | 2008-04-13 14:53:31
Will1313
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The SOB should be facing charges for OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE... so should the current AG..

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Rating: +12 (+12/-0) | 2008-04-13 17:00:51
Beeboppin71
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No doubt he's getting off easy. Being unemployable is a small price to pay for being connected with the Bush crowd.

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Rating: +12 (+12/-0) | 2008-04-13 14:59:47
crespi
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Nelson from The Simpsons laugh here-

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Rating: +10 (+10/-0) | 2008-04-13 15:02:28
Propeller Scout TimALoftis
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poor Gonzo

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Rating: +8 (+8/-0) | 2008-04-13 15:03:07
nikkibabe
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How about making him team leader at Gitmo?

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Rating: +11 (+11/-0) | 2008-04-13 15:07:33
hamy
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I would find nothing but pleasure if I got my Starbucks from him one day.

Hell can't be too hot for the likes of that a-hole.

I love the stories about protests at his speaking engagements. Keep it up America. We might just recover from what these criminal minds have done to us.

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Rating: +5 (+5/-0) | 2008-04-13 18:56:49
splitrch
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He should get an assignment to clean toilets in the gray-bar hotel.

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Rating: +14 (+14/-0) | 2008-04-13 15:08:21
Hanyman
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Classic case of poetic justice. The lawyer who got other lawyers fired and ruined their careers to play politics has become a victim of his own shenanigans. Can't say I have much sympathy for the lout. Unfortunately some one will eventually pick up the sleaze bag and give him a job.

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Rating: +9 (+9/-0) | 2008-04-13 15:48:55
MisterX
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He could probably go into comedy. Then he might be taken seriously.

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Rating: +7 (+7/-0) | 2008-04-13 16:41:42
quackpot
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Silly man - had he resigned sooner, he could have had Wolfowitz' job at the World Bank.

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Rating: +10 (+10/-0) | 2008-04-13 16:42:13
mmrhe
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All those,"I don't remembers" finally caught up with him!!!

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Rating: +9 (+9/-0) | 2008-04-13 17:43:03
Hanyman
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what got me was "I don't recall, I wasn't there, I was not in charge of that" combined with, "but I know nothing improprietary occurred and I assume full responsibility for what happened". There is no way on God's green earth that all of these things can be true at the same time and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.

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Rating: +7 (+7/-0) | 2008-04-13 16:45:07
NoWayMan
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the guy is kryptonite.

but he'll probably end up as a policy shaper for some lobbying firm or at one of the right wing "think" tanks. when really he deserves to be behind bars.

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Rating: +8 (+8/-0) | 2008-04-13 16:54:41
engineer
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In 2009, he might a find a job mopping floors in a federal penitentiary!

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Rating: +5 (+5/-0) | 2008-04-13 17:03:33
Beeboppin71
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He'll write a sordid book about the whole ordeal that will wind up on the best seller list.

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Rating: +8 (+8/-0) | 2008-04-13 17:14:03
aceofspades1
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Maybe they need a water boy at a waterboarding convention

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Rating: +0 (+0/-0) | 2008-04-14 03:20:45
Lurch
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How about a towel tester instead?

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Rating: +2 (+2/-0) | 2008-04-13 17:36:53
ETproductions
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Tellem ta headta Sauth Bahsten. We godda oapnin ta fill infer Whitey Bulger.

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Rating: +0 (+1/-1) | 2008-04-13 18:30:24
1-2-Oscar
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This article is petty, as are the comments in the thread.

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Rating: +0 (+1/-1) | 2008-04-13 19:28:49
lovemylibs
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That poor Hispanic man should see the ACLU and ask them about discrimination lawsuits.

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Rating: +0 (+0/-0) | 2008-04-14 03:21:53
Lurch
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It wouldn`t surprise me.

Cons love the ACLU when it benefits them personally, but benefit anybody else and they attack the ACLU.

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Rating: +1 (+1/-0) | 2008-04-14 17:53:27
mesodude
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I gave you a pos for the profile name alone. ;-P

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Rating: +1 (+1/-0) | 2008-04-13 20:24:35
buddyb
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I hope the terd starves.

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