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Title: It’s a Gonzo Protest in Florida
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Crooks and Liars
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Published: Nov 20, 2007
Author: Crooks and Liars
Post Date: 2007-11-20 20:01:12 by Zipporah
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Views: 169
Comments: 11
Alberto’s first speaking engagement didn’t go quite the way he would have liked, but it’s not surprising that students protested the man who gave the President (his pal) a blank check when it comes to our civil liberties while also installing “torture” as an approved method of interrogation. Alberto is getting paid a boatload of cash (40K) to speak after disgracing his post as AG. Being a “movement conservative” is always a very profitable venture. And he took no questions from the audience. In his first appearance at a university since resigning in August, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was met at UF on Monday with a mixture of cheers, boos and scattered interruptions by protesters, two of whom were arrested. Gonzales, who resigned from his position after a controversial tenure, spoke to more than 800 people at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. During his prepared speech, Gonzales largely avoided discussing the controversies he faced in office, including his dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys. Instead, he focused on encouraging students to consider a career in public service while describing his own experiences in that field.—Later, he ignored scattered jeers from the crowd to answer questions about his dismissal of the attorneys, the Geneva Convention and torture. 
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
Don't tase me, bro.
Sure it did. He got $40,000 fukking bucks for continuing to exploit our country. The fukker shoulbd be indicted and convicted receive the maximum penalty for treason.
Disgusting isnt it? He should be in hiding.. ashamed of his role .. who would pay this loon for a speaking engagement?
Would that include a description of his part in ignoring the sexual abuse of minors in the Texas juvenile system?
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University of Florida...boycott.
.. I had forgotten about that!
.. so they'll spend that kind of money for a national disgrace?
Obviously they're well connected to the neocon garbage.
~spit~
a lot of hard working *patriotic* people in this country are trying to support their families on less than that per year. this is ridiculous. I suppose it's meant to numb us before w starts replenishing the old coffers with his pearls of wisdom.
And he took no questions from the audience.
#2. To: Zipporah (#0)
Alberto’s first speaking engagement didn’t go quite the way he would have liked,
#3. To: angle (#2)
Sure it did. He got $40,000 fukking bucks for continuing to exploit our country. The fukker shoulbd be indicted and convicted receive the maximum penalty for treason.
#4. To: Zipporah (#0)
Instead, he focused on encouraging students to consider a career in public service while describing his own experiences in that field.
#5. To: Zipporah (#3)
who would pay this loon for a speaking engagement?
#6. To: robin (#4)
Would that include a description of his part in ignoring the sexual abuse of minors in the Texas juvenile system?
#7. To: angle (#5)
University of Florida...boycott.
#8. To: Zipporah (#7)
#9. To: angle (#8)
Obviously they're well connected to the neocon garbage.
#10. To: Zipporah (#0)
a boatload of cash (40K)
#11. To: kiki (#10)
I suppose it's meant to numb us before w starts replenishing the old coffers with his pearls of wisdom.
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