He's an even bigger dumbass than I thought he was.
Does he even deserve an explanation? Or instead, how about a prosecution, for failing to uphold the Constitution.

Don't tread on me

You missed the vomit-inducing next paragraph:

During a lunch meeting two blocks from the White House, where he served under his longtime friend, President George W. Bush, Mr. Gonzales said that "for some reason, I am portrayed as the one who is evil in formulating policies that people disagree with. I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror."

I'm not a violent man.  Really, I'm not.  So rather than wishing that Gonzales actually were "one of the many casualties of the war on terror" I will instead wish that I could take him to an Iraqi graveyard - or perhaps a morgue - where he could see what a real "casualty of the war on terror" looks like.

Asshole.

He's in the same position as that German guy at the Nuremberg Tribunals: "I vas chust folloving orders!"

Just because a lawyer says you can torture does not change the wording or true meaning of the Geneva Convention.

He should stop looking for a publisher and print his book in PDF on the net, if its truly for his sons and not Gonzo's own wallet.

what a steaming pile of mierda.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

Simple. He was Bush's personal attorney. When he became Attorney General, he thought he was still Bush's personal attorney, just with a fancier title.

He was a dumfuk. But the Senate was a clusterfuk for even letting that happen.

call a whaaambulance for abu, he can't find a job ...for obvious reasons [resume pdf]...even the RATpub think tanks won't give him a cushy position,

and he doesn't have a publisher.

face it Abu, you're not only a sycophantic dumbass, you're a 21st century pariah and a loser.

couldn't happen to a more deserving fellow.

the revolution will not be televised...

Simple.  He thought he was qualified to be the AG.

History is indeed written by the winners.

Right now...the beginning of a four year term that has no guarantees of success attached to it...a point of view that (apparently) does NOT think that his actions were either moral or legal is about to take power in the United States of Omertica. At least that is what it says.

In the nearly 50 years since the JFK coup, the U.S. has been ruled by people who quite plainly did agree with actions such as those of Mr. Gonzalez for roughly 3/4 of that time. Further, this administration only won about a 4% majority...54%...of the popular vote, does not effectively control the Senate, is SLAMMED in terms of the Supreme Court makeup and has no effective control whatsoever over the most conservative elements of the PermaGov, the military and the intelligence services, both of which are rather...errr, heavily...armed.

UH oh!!!

The history ain't been writ yet, folks. In light of the last 50 years...it's 3 to 1 against it being written by people who do not much like Gonzalez's actions.

And that's just the odds from the 1/7th of the stuff that's on the surface. Note well the staff that Mr. Obama has assembled in an effort to grab hold of the reins of power in some effective way. Gates? Jones? Blair?  (National Intel) Hayden? (CIA)

Please.

Waterboarding anyone? In order to "save American lives?" In a HEARTBEAT. No matter that those lives shouldn't have been risked in the first place. Enemies? Even possible enemies? Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

Just sayin'...

Gonzalez? Just a little chicken in a henhouse FULL of badass roosters.

Bet on it.

This Blogojevitch thing is going to put a crimp in Obama's early crowing as well. I TOL ' ya Rahm was a mistake. (From the look of him, waterboarding and such is only off of his table because it's too crude. He's got other knives to sharpen. Excruciatingly sharp ones. Which he has already used during infighting with some bad, bad boys. Watch.)

This whole thing is  going to get very interesting.

Watch.

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

I went and created an account just to answer with this one word:

"torture"

... oh, and illegal wiretapping

... war crimes

... detention without due process

... let's not forget perjury/lying under oath to Congress

... wasn't there an ignored subpoena in there as well?

it's impossible to answer with just one word ... why isn't this bastard in jail?  Or maybe we should all just chip in for a nice European vacation for Abu G and the lovely Mrs. G.