One of the attorneys I work with went to Texas Tech law school. He's rather relieved that Gonzalez is teaching undergraduates. I wonder if he'll get any awkward questions from the students.

No matter what question Gonzo may get, he doesn't recall the answer.

Did he pull his affirmative action strings for admittance?

Ordinarily, these guys get taken care of with wingnut welfare. Either they get a position at a "think tank" or get to be a consultant or lobbyist. If you are a lawyer, you slide into some law firm.

In the case of Gonzales, it sounds like he has had a tough time finding a job. Pretty incredible considering the guy was on the TX supreme court and was the Attorney General. No law firm will take him. You would think that a guy that stuck his neck out so far would get a better gig. I hear nobody will even give him a book deal.

Maybe he really is so creepy and evil that even the Republican welfare system rejected him?

Gonzales can't be a role model. He is a shonda for latinos.

Basically, Gonzales is going from being the Attorney General of the United States to an underling in the admissions office at Texas Tech. Wow. Quite a fall.

But I guess his skills finally match his employment status.

Oh dear God.

Thank you, Cyrano, for making me feel worse than I already did about reading this story.

Yes, I, too, attended Texas Tech School of Law...and by saying so I am opening myself up to potshots from you snark-o-holics. Try to remember that I am one of you.

What is strange is that Kent Hance was the guy who beat Bush as a Democrat back when Bush first ran for congress and lost. Hance sold his soul and became a lobbyist who did well while Bush was Governor. I did not realize that he ended up at Tech.

A couple of things to add:

The job is clearly low in stature and seems like an act of mercy. If Gonzales had been boasting about the job we would have heard about it in the mainstream media. This was kept pretty quiet (and once again, why I love sites like this one).

I will add that this is really too bad in that when I was there, the Dean of the Law School was a guy named Frank Newton who was something of a closet lefty. Newton did a very admirable job of recruiting kids who were first generation Americans or first generation college in their families. He had a good thing going.

And to further risk protesting too much, Dean Newton saw to it that our graduation speaker was one Barbara Jordan - I remember her speech well: "The Ethic of Responsibility" (which is available on line). Barbara Jordan was very well received and made me proud to be there.

And finally - didn't somebody around here suggest passing the hat to pay the first kid to answer every question to the first Gonzales exam with either "I don't recall" or "I don't remember"?

Now if you will excuse me, I must go throw up.

Guns up!
Tug

I am not defending Gonzales or making excuses, but Fratboy acted despicably when he threw Gonzo under the bus after Gonzo took the fall by committing perjury to protect Fratboy for the illegal acts that he ordered. Gonzo is stupid and guilty. Fratboy will never be held accountable for his acts.

Maybe they'll endow him with a chair that was previously thrown by their former basketball coach (Bobby Knight).

One of Bush's rich friends must have promised a big donation to the school in return for hiring Gonzales.