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Alberto Gonzales
Has a long history with George W Bush. He served as General Council to George W Bush when he was governor of Texas, had a two-year stint as Texas's Secretary of State, and served one year on the Texas Supreme Court. Alberto Gonzales served President Bush as White House Council, and was then promoted to Attorney General. Rumors circulated that President Bush would appoint him to fill the Supreme Court seats vacated by Sandra Day O'Connor and William Rehnquist, but conservative ideologues threatened to oppose President Bush on an Gonzales Alberto nomination because of his views on issues like abortion. The truth is, the view he has on abortion may be one of few redeeming qualities. His support of George W Bush in all other issue areas have led Alberto Gonzales to make grave mistakes, showing that Americans would be better off if he were neither a Supreme Court Justice nor the Attorney General. We'd also be better off if George W Bush hadn't become President Bush.
Alberto Gonzales never overcame the Supreme Court rumors, and several senators voted against Gonzales Alberto thinking he'd use a cabinet post as a stepping stone to a later Supreme Court appointment by President Bush. In typical George W Bush fashion, Gonzales Alberto used his post to help President Bush take the country backward. The fact that Alberto Gonzales became the highest-ranking Hispanic ever placed in government was quickly overshadowed by his alleged abuse of the Patriot Act. Gonzales Alberto is frequently accused of leading the FBI and Justice departments in illegally gathering personal information about U.S. citizens. President Bush overlooks such accusations, and it's because Alberto Gonzales has the unwavering support of George W. Bush that he continues to abuse his power.
President Bush stops at nothing to advance the Republican agenda, and Alberto Gonzales helps George W Bush along. His alleged involvement in the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys is the most recent Gonzales Alberto blunder. President Bush and Alberto Gonzales would have an easier time spreading conservatism throughout the world if even the non-partisan attorneys have Republican views. No secret has been made of the fact that the U.S. Attorneys all have party affiliations, but their task is to practice the law without regard for partisanship. Unfortunately, in the minds of George W Bush and Alberto Gonzales, doing what's right - when Republicanism has no role - is the wrong thing to do. Speculation is that when these upstanding Attorneys - many recommended by President Bush and Alberto Gonzales themselves - put partisanship aside to investigate Republican wrong-doers in Congress, President Bush and Alberto Gonzales saw to it that they were fired. No definitive conclusions have been made about the role Attorney Gonzales played in the firings, but things don't look good.
A recent New York Times editorial sums up Alberto Gonzales and his service to George W Bush perfectly: "Alberto Gonzales does not have the ability or the moral compass to do his vitally important job." The same could have been said about George W Bush, Governor of Texas, and it can be said now about President Bush.
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