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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 07:50 PM
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Poor Gonzo. He's become a pariah. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Gonzales unpopular on college campuses.

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has had a tough time on the speaker’s circuit this year. First he was heckled as a “criminal” and a “liar” at the University of Florida then Pomona College canceled his speech because “students would not attend.” Yet his talent agency, Greater Talent Network, is refusing to answer questions from reporters about Gonzales’s unpopularity:

Though one crisis the agency cannot handle is questions from reporters about Gonzales’ popularity - or lack thereof - on the speaking circuit. “No one here would answer questions from a reporter,” snapped one of the associates who answered the agency’s phone, before she hung up on us.)

The Washington Post notes that when Greater Talent pitches Gonzales as a speaker, it neglects to mention “that he’s raising money for his legal defense fund” with the exorbitant fees.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/21/gonzales-unpopular-on-college-campuses/
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:02 PM
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1. Heya Cat...Happy Holidays...and Gonzo is History......
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:03 PM
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2. Maybe the Bushies can hire him as the Greeter
at their Ranchero down in Paraguay. "It's de blane, boss. De blane"
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:07 PM
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3. Ahhh...Treason...
...sweet on the tongue but sour in the tummy, eh, Mr. ex-Attorney General?

May endless colonies of fire ants make an infinite number of attempts to colonize your crotch.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:11 PM
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4. Forget the legal defense fund, he'll need the money to buy Marlboros.
They're the universal form of exchange in prison, and the only way he'll be able to buy his S&M mags once he's inside.
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:43 PM
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5. hehehehe -- maybe we should send him a care package?
Sort of a pre-prison swag bag? Get him a pair of platform shoes, a bag of makeup from Avon, and a pair of Daisy dukes? And a note telling him he'll be receiving a carton of Marlboros once he's settled in? :evilgrin:
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:46 PM
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6. This story makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over
Thank you, Santa, for bringing me some schadenfreude. :)
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:48 PM
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7. One thing we can thank George W. Bush for is the destruction of some dangerous Republican opponents
Colin Powell could have had a future and been an almost unstoppable presidential candidate in the right year. That's all over. Christie Todd Whitman could have been the first woman President or a Senator, but she let herself get used and she's damaged goods, too.

Then there's Torture Boy. Bummer.
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Hotler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:52 PM
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8. Why is this man still walking around free?
There is about a dozen of these neocon scum bags with out cover of the WH. What does it take to file treason charges on their asses?
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 08:56 PM
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9. If he was willing to wear a clown suit and stick his head through a hole
I'm sure he could pack the house at any speaking engagement, where the audience is handed out free rotten tomatoes.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 10:17 PM
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10. Could it, also, happen to Shrub, ASAP?!1 n/t
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