Sadly, not everyone who makes a splash in politics winds up in the money, and today we'd like to take up the case of one poor sunuvabitch civil servant who's been down on his luck:
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, fresh off his first academic year as a visiting professor and administrator at Texas Tech University, told Main Justice Thursday that he is glad to be back in "Bush country," and said he has enjoyed the teaching experience.
Yes, the former AttyGenl has still had no luck finding a laywerin' job, and had to resort to groveling in the liberal halls of academia.
But he's got the dirt plans!! He knows where the bodies are buried he's got friends who care about him, and he knows there's always interest in who pulled what strings who ordered torture who decided who gets fucked the inner workings of any administration, so he's writing a book:
He is also working on a memoir. So far, Gonzales has written about 12 chapters of what he expects will be a 20-chapter book. While Gonzales said he thinks there will be interest in his biography, he hasn’t yet found a publisher.
"Given all the decisions that I was a part of, the decisions I witnessed, and the decisions I made, I think it will be something that will be of interest and I hope it will be a useful contribution to the historic record of the Bush legacy," Gonzales said.
But poor Fredo has needs, you know, and he can barely get by on that $100,000 a year teaching salary.... especially since:
Gonzales also said he needs to raise additional funds to cover his extensive legal bills. Then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed then-acting U.S. Attorney Nora Dannehy of Connecticut in September 2008 as a special prosecutor to look into the U.S. Attorney firings. That investigation remains ongoing.
"We need to do a better effort raising additional money, and so we’re going to try to do that as soon as the last investigation [ends]," said Gonzales. "That investigation has been out there going on forever. I’m not sure what’s going on there, but we’re waiting for that to be completed. And once that’s completed — I have confidence that again [there was] no wrong-doing by me — that will again raise some interest in raising additional money."
Now, I for one would surely like to help this former BushLicker humble servant of our nation.... but I've been tapped out for awhile now, what with college for the girls and then a wedding to boot.
But I'd still like to do what I can, so I'm willing to do this for Gonzo: some advance PR work, trying to determine the most compelling title for his book, one that'll draw the rubes crowds like bloodsucking flies debutantes to a tea party!