# Albeto Gonzales Resigned! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089 "2007-08-27T14:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/21 "2007-08-27T19:32:36Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] Quite right. The USA’s population of amnesiacs is no longer fairly represented in Washington. [/QUOTE] Damn. I had a great reply in mind when I hit the “Reply” button, but now I’ve forgotten it. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/22 "2007-08-27T19:51:24Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] Damn. I had a great reply in mind when I hit the “Reply” button, but now I’ve forgotten it. [/QUOTE] Maybe being called before Congress would help? Nah. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/23 "2007-08-27T20:01:22Z")
I love Bush’s comments: > [@](#): > > It’s sad that we live in a time when a talented and honorable person like Alberto Gonzales is impeded from doing important work because his good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons He said more, but I can’t recall what it was. Yeah, that is sad. All he was doing was trying to help the world by carrying out his godfather’s hitlist of “not sure of their loyalty” judges and not being able to recall it and he can’t do this because some people (and I’m not pointing fingers- DEMOs!) pervert the political process to carry out petty political grudges. The pity is he resigned too late for them to put an ad in Sunday’s paper for his replacement, and that’s the big day for job seekers. Maybe he’ll get some qualified applicants anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/24 "2007-08-27T20:15:56Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] Quite right. The USA’s population of amnesiacs is no longer fairly represented in Washington. [/QUOTE] I had secretly hoped that during the hearings he would be asked whether he had sustained multiple blows to the head. That might have accounted for his memory problems. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/25 "2007-08-27T20:26:46Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Maybe he’ll get some qualified applicants anyway. [/QUOTE] In the Bush administration? Qualified candidates need not apply. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/26 "2007-08-27T20:39:17Z")
[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/051656.php](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/051656.php) An interesting take on the timing of all this. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/27 "2007-08-27T20:40:32Z")
neener, neener, neener ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/28 "2007-08-27T20:47:18Z")
I can’t help but think of the term “recess appointment”. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/29 "2007-08-27T20:55:59Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] Don’t you think this topic deserved a better OP? At least some satirical humor. You got the first thread on the topic into the pit - congratulations, but it will be crippled by your anorexic treatment until it sinks inevitably off the first page and into obscurity. [/QUOTE] No shit. In such a rush that the OP didn’t even spell Alberto’s name right. That’s pretty bad. What’s the rush, devilsknew? With **Tuckerfan** on sabbatical, you only had to beat **Brainglutton** to the punch. lol. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/30 "2007-08-27T20:57:40Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] Discuss and curse… [/QUOTE] His remarks went on far too long. “Goodbye” is all I really needed to hear him say, seeing as how “I’m sorry” was unlikely in the extreme. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/31 "2007-08-27T21:04:15Z")
‘Adios’ would have been shorter and more culturally correct. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/32 "2007-08-27T21:08:20Z")
I would have preferred Bush’s saying “Vayamos,” while holding Gonzalez’ and Cheney’s hands, on the way out the door. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/33 "2007-08-27T21:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=CarnalK] No shit. In such a rush that the OP didn’t even spell Alberto’s name right. That’s pretty bad. [/QUOTE] FUCK! There’s a typo on a web page. Sooner or later it was bound to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/34 "2007-08-27T21:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] FUCK! There’s a typo on a web page. Sooner or later it was bound to happen. [/QUOTE] That was no typo, it was a transparent and intentional mockery of a Hispanic name. This kind of antihispanitism makes me feel exactly like I have literally been frottered by a gang of Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/35 "2007-08-27T21:28:17Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] I can’t help but think of the term “recess appointment”. [/QUOTE] Perhaps Harriet Miers is still available? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/36 "2007-08-27T21:29:15Z")
I’m gonna be the first Doper to predict that Bush will appoint an interim AG during the Congressional recess that begins on October 26. I believe that would put his appointee in office through January of 2009 – long enough for Bush to clear out of town after the elections, and to stonewall investigations during his remaining time in office. The timing is too good. It is certainly plausible to claim that a suitable candidate can’t be recruited, vetted, nominated and confirmed before then. And “in time of war” Bush will claim that the position can’t be left vacant for any longer. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/37 "2007-08-27T21:32:18Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] That was no typo, it was a transparent and intentional mockery of a Hispanic name. This kind of antihispanitism makes me feel exactly like I have literally been frottered by a gang of Nazis. [/QUOTE] No, I think it was a typo of “albedo”, suggesting just how white Gonzales really is. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/38 "2007-08-27T21:36:22Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] No, I think it was a typo of “albedo”, suggesting just how white Gonzales really is. [/QUOTE] Considering the hay Dems are making over the “is Obama black enough?” Pubbie talking point, the hypocrisy is quite breathtaking. ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/39 "2007-08-27T22:23:08Z")
Note that this comes after what the President calls [months of unfair treatment](http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/08/27/bush-on-gonzos-resignation-his-good-name-was-dragged-through-the-mud-for-political-reasons/). Yeah, I wonder what Padilla thinks of how long and how unfairly the guy who called the Geneva conventions “quaint” was treated. Or, how he would feel about it if he hadn’t had a mental breakdown from prolonged torture. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/40 "2007-08-27T22:23:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I love Bush’s comments: > [@](#): > > It’s sad that we live in a time when a talented and honorable person like Alberto Gonzales is impeded from doing important work because his good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons [/QUOTE] **Sampiro** , you beat me to it. Weren’t several judges who, presumably, talented and honorable people fired by the AG’s office for political reasons? So many cliches come to mind, but I think with “As you sow, so shalll you reap.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089.md?page=3)