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[...] choice of correctional employment, he will be allowed contact with young Americans as a faculty member at Texas Tech [...]

Please – Be fare for once.

Nice to have you gainfully employed.

West Texas is our answer to Siberia

He belongs in Texas with W. Thank God all the idiots can go to one place!

Perhaps he will reconsider his actions as Attorney General. Power is seductive, and most of us could not handle it either.

To: GOP = 21st century dodo

I'm at least on his side, sorry about you anonymous blogger, we don't even know if you are latino.

The univerdity is most fortunate to get this man period!!!!!!!!!

Criminals should be prosecuted and do hard time instead of landing elite jobs.

Wow. Texas Tech's reputation has gone way down in my opinion. Can't believe any legitimate college would hire this dirtbag.

Simon, this makes me feel ashamed to be a Texas Tech student.

Instead of hiring someone to recruit minorities, how about just recruiting the most qualified STUDENTS you can get? College applications, like job applications, should not force applicants to identify their race.

Why are liberals so mad and full of hate? Thank god for CNN so they have a venue to kick and scream.

As a Tech grad, I am extremely embarrased and ashamed of the hiring of Gonzales. It was bad enough when Karl Rove was the commencement speaker for the law school graduation. I agree that Kent Hance and Rick Perry are the problems. Tech is, was, a fine school and deserving of much more. Not all Texans are in the tank with those Republicans and not all Texas Republicans are like that as well.

He's being punished, not rewarded. Considering the high offices he once held, this seems like a lowly place to land.

I think Gonzo should go back to the DOJ and hire Qualified staffing for all the good people who left during the Cheney/Bush debacle....

My husband, a Hispanic, was a presidential DOJ appointee under President Carter. The cluelessness in America regarding the appointment process is appalling. All US Attorneys and US marshals and other appointees serve at the pleasure of the president who appoints them. They can be hired and fired at the administration's whim! Additionally, to be appointed to these posts one must be connected politically and a big contributor to the 'cause'. Sorry to burst balloons but it is a flawed, corrupt process no matter which party is in power.

Have a close friend who worked on her Ph.D at Texas Tech and it was the most horrific environment and educational experience of her life. Lubbock is a *scary* place...so it sounds like they are BOTH getting what they justly deserve! He gets to spend the rest of his life at this awful institution and they have the honor of having a liar in their administration. Perfect!

Another scumbag making big bucks!

right there with ya, Simon–and next time the Ex-Students call, I will tell them why I'm no longer a member

The AG that should be in jail is the current AG and the POTUS for war crimes and crimes against humanity and trampling the Constitution.

At least it's not SMU, the Methodist University and the future home of the Bush Museum.

Thanks for spreading the shame around

This makes me ashamed to be a Tech Alum.

You liberals are so right.

Why would a former AG and a former State Supreme Court Justice be qualified to do this job? Especially since it involves recruiting minorities!

It seems like this will serve the Latin community well.

I hear this is a low paying job. I don't think he's doing it for the pay check. Chances are he is still practicing law and he probably has plenty of money. So don't worry about that.

Dan NY...I am a Latina, and I DO NOT support Gonzo, in any way. I am proud of my culture and heritage, and embarrassed at what this person who was given so much power decided to use it for. He's evil, corrupt and disgusting in my mind, and I have many latino friends who agree. Speak for yourself.

Sorry Dan in NY not all latinos are with this liar and US Constituition abuser.

Hello.... how quickly some forget! Or is this just an example of "you scratch my back and I will scratch yours"... sounds like it to me... sorta like... if you can run a horse show or run for beauty queen, you can do anything! Oh, these republicans.... *LOL*

This thug belongs in federal prison. The fact Texas Tech hired him reveals their obvious low standards.

@Dan

"All Latinos are with you."

Wrong. You do not speak for me.

Gonzales should be in jail for politicizing the justice department. I don't miss that Bush/Cheney/Rovian nonsense at all.

I see the liberals are in full voice. war crimes poor eco. water boarding, hurting teriors who would destroy tour home and not care. people who sent kids to blow up markets and schools these poor people lets bring they here and let them live in your homes.

He can teach the students how to avoid prison.

Great, one the village idioits lands a job recruiting for a college. What a joke. This guy should be in jail with Bush and Cheney.

I feel sorry for the students at the university!! The only thing Gonzales is qualified to teach is:

"How to pretend you're upholding the Constitution while violating it"

and

"Memory Loss: How to conveniently forget the truth"

Maybe he can teach an online class while in jail....

This man should never be allowed to earn another honest wage after the unethical way he ran the office of Attorney General.

Alberto, Good luck. This world is a wicked place and all liberal including our current president are all wicked people. These blogger here will try to pull you down. I want you to stand strong. You are great. All Latinos are with you.

Texas Tech is getting unwanted attention for poor decisions. The first poor decision is on the Board of Regents for hiring Hance. The regents were all appointed by Gov. Rick Perry. Get it yet? These guys are so close they share the same underarm deodorant.

It sounds like a buch of unhappy dem. folks..... Why don't you all get a life..a real life instead of PO always. By the way, what have you done for your country lately? Nothing !!!!

And he should be in jail? Do you people even understand the law? Please tell me, what will he be convicted for? Being an idiot doesn't get you convicted. What evidence is there? How will he be prosecuted? People are just so uneducated. Learn what you are talking about before you make general statements that are inept.

JimK wrote:
"This is an obvious haven for idiot libs who aren't smart enough to know when they've been duped. The Clinton Administration (like most admistrations before them, both democrat and republican) fired ALL of the U.S. Attorneys sitting when they took office."

Yes, they all do. But it virtually NEVER happens to your own appointees, mid-term. THe only time US attorneys are fire without a change in administration is when categorical corruption or criminal acts are discovered. AND PROVEN!

Of course, Gonzales and crew believe that a failure to prosecute for purely political reasons is practically criminal. If you were not a loyal 'Busshie', willing to do what the political powers want regardless of whether it is legally justified, then you have no role in a Republican Justice department.

Thanks AlwaysThinking, I almost forgot that touching scene at Ashcroft's hospital bed..."sign the papers, old man"... I'm surprised Gonzo didn't waterboard him then and there!

O how the mighty have fallen.

Who cares? The guy can't get a job? Get over it and move on with life. Apparently he should just sit at home and cry.

Hmmm...Texas Tech thought Bobby Knight could be rehabilitated to bring positive notoriety too...

Yo' Jean,

President Obama had reason to fire the I.G. as outlined in the brief he provided, although, it was late. The I.G. was not fired simply because "he serves at the pleasure of the President" like the lawyers were fired.
See the diff?

The shrub only knew what a brief was cuz Laura color coded his underwear.

Congrats, Mr. Gonzales. Hope you'll enjoy your new job. Texas is great!

How CONVENIENT that he lands this job in Dubya's home state. Any bets on the payoff, folks?

What can he teach them when his memory is so bad – a whole semester of "I don't recall"?

Lee, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Two wrongs don't make a right!

For those of you commenting negatively on Gonzo, please look up the firing of Gerald Walpin. Obama and his Chicago thugs fired him without the required 30 day notice because he was investigating KJ, Obama's friend.

Well, I'm not a fan of Gonzalez's– I think he was irresponsible both when serving Gov. Bush and President Bush. He certainly seemed to have little respect for the law, and was expert at finding ways to circumvent it when it was convenient for his boss.

At the same time, CNN's headline leads you to believe he got some cushy, high-paying executive job. They don't reveal what he's being paid, but it would be surprising if this was anything like Cheney got from Halliburton after Bush 1...

Oh great! and I can't even get a second job at McDonald's to pay my bills down.

But she is in love with Barack Obama. She come on all the time making excuses.

Once again CNN shows their bias – how is this any different from the allegedly illegal firing by the Obama administration of Former Inspector General Gerald Walpin. You will recall that Walpin filed two reports exposing gross misappropriation of federal AmeriCorps funds by a prominent Barack Obama supporter and was shortly thereafter fired by the White House. Seems Obama invoked the exact same rights in this instance that Bush did when he fired those Federal Prosecutors who "serve at the pleasure of the President". Bush had every right to fire the prosecutors as I am sure Obama had the right to fire Walpin however the ruckus thrown up about what Bush did was idiotic – where is the outrage at what happened to Walpin and the timing of that in conjunction with his reports on Obama's buddy? Talk about hypocritical politicians and hypocritical press and hypocritical left-leaning liberals.

Good place for him Have you ever been to Lubbock?

Kent Hance alone is responsible for hiring this good ol' boy connection. Note the absence of the univeristy president. Hance doesn't understand the make-up of the organization at the university, and what's more – he does not care about it or the people who serve in it. He considers Texas Tech his personal sand box. There was no hiring committee, I assure you of that.

This isn't a big job. It is higher ed....administration.

So he will now be teaching college students how to lie?

Alberto deserves better than Texas Tech. Wasn't there at least one high school in the Appalachians that would have hired him? Gig'em Aggies!

This makes me sick!!!

GREAT! Perpetuating his sick, sadistic philosophy through education. Any surprise he's back in Texas? It's the sinkhole of humanity that created him in the first place. Weren't they going to leave the U.S.? Please, tell me where I can send the check to help them!

It's funny to see the same Democrats who scream 'racist' against any reasoned questions raised about the shady activities of Sonia Sotomayor are the same ones who are always first to try and destroy ANY minorities in the Republican party. Just who are the racists here...?

Let's see ... he'll teach courses like:

- 42 Ways to Say "I Don't Remember"
- Getting the Unconscious To Sign Documents from Their Hospital Bed
- Circumventing the Constitution With a Straight Face

The Texas Tech job is probably the most underwhelming gig that any former U.S. Attorney General has ever had. It's a pathetically small and insignificant bone tossed his way out of pity. My guess is that he will bring the same dedication and ethics to his new position as his last and he will not be asked to return. Shame on TT for so debasing their own name by hiring such a legal Lilliputian.

From his goofy legal opinions while in the Bush administration, it is obvious that Gonzo has never read the U.S. Constitution. His class should be a real hoot. I feel for the students who are stuck with him as a teacher.

Seriously, who cares?!!!!!

So is this part of a Texas Tech initiative to recruit war criminals? Are they limiting the program to government War Criminals are are they opening it up to torture techs from the CIA and Army? What about foreign scholarships for our overseas torture partners?

This is not a high-paying job. It's not an academic position. His relevant qualifications are being Latino, speaking Spanish and being a college graduate. As long as this isn't merely a way to get his foot in the door to teach or set policy, I don't think there is a reason for even his most critical opponents to be very upset.

Huzzahs and Kudos to Charles. He hit it right on yhe head!

I guess living in Texas is a little like prison.

Texas Tech has always been percieved as a second tier educational institution and now we all know why. Why doesn't Kent Hance hire the Watergate Plumbers while he's at it?

The only thing Mr. Gonzales will be able to teach his students is this:
"Break the Law" and you will surely get ahead. He can point to himself and say, "Look at Me!" Is it any wonder that our young people are confused and rebellious. Putting Mr. Gonzales in charge of student careers is like putting the Fox in the Chicken Coop. What a joke!

"Based on some of the messages found here, the Left seems very anti-Hispanic."

If you'll notice, these comments criticize him not for his race, but for his job performance.

We dont like Gonzales......if he had any class or dignity he should have resigned earlier like Colin Powell did, he has no dignity....and Hispanics a proud people see this guy as an eyesore and disgrace! Hispanics are patriots too!

R-Maine and LB-Flordia: yall are pretty quick to condemn Texas and Texas Tech without thinking about the full situation. Do yall really think he is going to be able to teach a class or work with students without those students chastising him? If yall think we would let that go then yall really naive and should probably pull yourselves out of the gene pool and quit polluting the human race.

Lee Ann in Michigan,

Have we gotten to the depths of the bag of tricks held in the Bush administrations bag of corrupted, dirty tricks? Or did you have the Gonzales pants watch?

Can you believe that Texas Tech forgot what Gonzales did to this country? You can bet that some wealthy contributor paid to get Alberto this job.

I work in higher ed. Believe me, this is not a big job.

Bias Bias Bias Bias! When Cafferty is stumped like yesterday I (sorry Wolf this is all I have)! Quote... Pick on Saraha Palin..

Libs showing their true dope induced thoughts on this aren't they. Don't get so angry libs I am sure the that Hussein will get around to legalizing marijuana before the economy is fixed and just before we are hit with North Korean and Iranian missles. What a bunch of whinies.

Thank you sir for standing up for Americans and keeping us safe, dont listen to all the racist nobama fans on here. We will have him and the gorilla out of there by 2012

Why should we be surprised? Texas Tech hired Bobby Knight.

This is an obvious haven for idiot libs who aren't smart enough to know when they've been duped. The Clinton Administration (like most admistrations before them, both democrat and republican) fired ALL of the U.S. Attorneys sitting when they took office. And there are no grounds to slander Gonzales or Cheney that you half-wits didn't make up in your own twisted little pea-brains.

Well, since Texas is going to secede, perhaps he can handle the AG job for them.

hmm.. i suppose next semester he will be teaching 'Ethics in Law"...???

Gonzalez is just another scumbag from the Bush administration.

I'm looking forward to the day when subpoenas come down for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and a host of other low-lifes to be tried as war criminals.

They hired the lying fascist? Must be a lousy school..... and yes he should be in JAIL

"So, you're a minority – check. Would you describe yourself as conservative, ultra-conservative, or hyper-conservative?"

It's all about Bush calling in those Texas markers

Figures that a school in Texas would hire this guy.

Sorry but this doesn't sound like a big job when compared to what other cabinet level appointees get after leaving the White House

funny how so many hypocritical liberals are saying Bush and his administration should be "in jail..." yet, the biggest criminals ever to be assembled in Washington are in the current administration...and none of you blink an eye as they rob your children's future from them....all to get a jab at Bush! Way to go! That's just what Obama's counting on!

Guess they don't do a background check

Love to watch the libs get their feathers wet and ruffled then squeal like stuck pigs. You're all dreaming if you think any of these folks will be sent to jail. Four years from now, we could be talking the same talk about BO's homeboys for ignoring the constitution and trying to impose their failed socialist programs.

How is this a "big" job? When did Texas Tech become Harvard. Way to distort the news again Communist News Network!

Lying weasel and a disservice and disgrace to Hispanics everywhere

You mean to tell me he's not going to teach an Ethics course...

Based on some of the messages found here, the Left seems very anti-Hispanic.

@ Kelby In Houston, TX -

No, you should be sent to the middle east, and be looking down the barrel of an AK47...as many of our soldiers have, in their fight to defend our freedoms and keep this soil safe. The 'torture,' as you whine about, saved countless lives, American lives. So, unless you're not an American, stfu...I could care less if they pulled out their toe nails to get the information...I suppose you think their beheadings weren't torture, huh?

Lubbock should be SO proud – Waylon and Willie brought it pride, now Gonzales brings it shame. He may still be brought to justice for all the evil he has done. And how can he possibly lecture anyone about "contemporary issues in the executive branch"? He doesn't have a clue what they would be!!!

WHY IS THIS GUY NOT IN JAIL?????? But didn't it take him 2 years to find a job??? they must of did it out of pitty

The headline on CNN's page is Contraversial Bush aide lands big job". By the standards of former Attorney Generals', methinks this position hardly qualifies as a "big job".

Hey c'mon Alberto just followed in Reagan's Iran-Contra footsteps with the "I don't recall" line. He should really be teaching a class called "Political Ethics, Honesty and Bush aka Oxymorons and just plain Morons"

Quite a fall from being the most powerful law enforcement official in the country to teaching a "junior-level political science seminar."

Of course, Gonzalez is lucky to have a job at all after his shameful performance in the Bush administration. It says a lot about higher education in the state of Texas that they would even offer him a job.

I'd say he was the worst of the bunch, but Rumsfeld and Cheney are tough to beat, so I'll have to give him the #3 slot in the Hall of Shame.

PS...he should be in JAIL!!!!

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As long as they don't let him teach ethics or constitutional law....

Funny how CNN states, "Controversial Bush aid lands job..."
Yet, virtually every member in the Obama administration, to include himself are highly controversial, and at a minimum, most are not qualified to hold the job given to them. Many have actually broken the law; a law that would have sent many of us to jail....Obama himself broke law by firing Walpin...and accepting foreign campaign contributions...toss those in with the still ongoing refusal to provide a vaulted copy of his birth certificate, and we have the most controversial person in the White House. I'm beginning to think that there are some radical hold outs at CNN, bent on spewing misinformation in obama's favor, continuing to try and slam Bush. We had started to see more balanced articles, but this one makes the progress step back a little.

Hey, at least he isn't like Sandy Burger (a Clinton's former employee) who stuffed classified papers in his socks and pants and GETS OFF WITHOUT ANY JAIL TIME.

He should be going to school for engineering in case he has to pull a Michael Scoffield and pull a PrisonBreak. lol

Yet another of the Bush league war criminals that has yet to be indicted. Come on, Obama, make an example of the whole bunch. Then the people of this country can hold our heads up proudly again.

[...] Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales found a paying gig.  And no, there are no brooms or mops involved.  How many times did he write "I do not recall" in his application? [...]

Alberto Gonzales and The Bush Administration should be brought to justice for sanctioning torture and other various crimes.

he needs to land a job in prison,where else would he get a job ,but in (texas) his former boss lives there.

Lubbock is a good place for him to be forgotten in. As for college education for minorities, I believe that Gonzales attended the Air Force Academy, which is tuition, room and board free. And to have him teaching a Poli Sci course, well lets hope it isn't Constitutional Law. As for his "extended" unemployment, I don't think he was hurting monetarily considering his salary from being White House Counsel, then Attorney General.

He will teach the students on how to perfect the art of "amnesia of convenience". I was going to say more but I can't seem to remember what it was or where and when.

this man needs some time behind bars

just makes you sad to see a person that did such harm enjoying the good life after making so many miserable

It is typical that a criminal would be rewarded with a prestigious and high-paying job in Texas. Imagine my surprise/

I wonder if the exams in Mr. Gonzales' classes will allow 78 "I don't recall" or "I don't know" responses...

A temporary job until he gets prosecuted! Along with Cheney, Rove and even Bush.

Funny, I thought Bush would at least get him a cushy job in the oil industry. Have a nice day!

I am not a fan of anything Bushian but I"m amazed that such a high-ranking official had to settle for such a low ranking job. Seems as though the rules are different for him.

After Chenney left office as Secretary of Defense under Daddy Bush, he got a plumb gig as the CEO of Haliburton ... a guy named Gonzales gets to be an adjunct professor?

And come July 26th Texas Tech will be offering the Wasilla Hillbilly a job teaching "fancy pageant walkin' "! Sign up quick girls. Line forms to the right!

This scumbag had the opportunity to represent minorities and he choked. The first hispanic Attorney General and he let minorities and the country down. He couldn't represent me for a game of checkers. The university is doing minorities a disservice by giving this man a job.

He should go home, write a book, and tell the American people the truth for a change. Other than that, who cares about him? He was George-Worst-President-Ever's flunky.

He should be in JAIL, JAIL, JAIL.