Alberto Gonzales to whine about people hating him

Gonzales Defends Role in Antiterror Policies

Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile since resigning as attorney general nearly 16 months ago, said he is writing a book to set the record straight about his controversial tenure as a senior official in the Bush administration.

Mr. Gonzales has been portrayed by critics both as unqualified for his position and instrumental in laying the groundwork for the administration's "war on terror." He was pilloried by Congress in a manner not usually directed toward cabinet officials.

"What is it that I did that is so fundamentally wrong, that deserves this kind of response to my service?" he said during an interview Tuesday, offering his most extensive comments since leaving government.

Where should I start, Alberto? There was that whole attorney firing scandal where you axed people that wouldn't engage in politically motivated prosecutions and investigations. There was that thing where you politicized the Justice Department by going on a concerted effort to hire Republicans and pass over and fire Democrats. That whole thing about not serving subpoenas and essentially aiding and abetting every attempt by the Bush Administration to avoid contact with the law. There was the whole thing about the war on terror and your recommendations and legal opinions on torture that were reprehensible. There was your stunning performances in front of Congressional questioning where you seemed unable to answer or understand basic questions and brazenly lied your way through the others. The surveillance program, eavesdropping without warrants, torture, Goodling, Yoo, am I forgetting anything?

You are the standard by which we will measure bad Attorney General's now. Gonzales-esque or 'at least he isn't as bad as Gonzales" will be what we say. You are near universally reviled for your tenure. Must we be subjected to your whining book about how we're all just dumb rubes who don't understand why we needed to torture, spy illegally on Americans, and have our Justice Department hire only Republicans and act as a political arm of the White House? Grow up, accept responsibility and have the courtesy to go away and not subject us to 300 pages of "Waaaaaaaa!". Pretend Karl Rove told you to clam up.

The only thing worse than the Bush Administration is all the books from people in the Administration talking about how the entire country just misunderstood everything Bush did. We didn't.