Posted on 11/11/2004 9:39:06 AM PST by M 91 u2 K
AILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON - President Bush's choice for top cop is a former real estate lawyer with no law enforcement experience.
But Alberto Gonzales, or "the Judge," as Bush calls him, has a lot going for him - including smarts, drive and a close friendship with Bush.
"I love him dearly," Bush said of the amiable, mild-mannered lawyer in 2001.
Bush has been Gonzales' patron for a decade. As Bush's career soared, he brought his loyal pal with him, touting Gonzales' inspiring up-by-his-bootstraps life story along the way.
Gonzales, 49, is the second of eight children of Pablo and Maria Gonzales, migrant workers from Mexico. The family lived in a two-bedroom house in San Antonio without hot water or a phone.
Though a high school honor student, the closest Gonzales got to college was selling hot dogs at Rice University football games. He joined the Air Force after graduation.
Encouraged to return to school, he went to the Air Force Academy and transferred to Rice, where he excelled, and went on to Harvard Law School.
In 1995, he was working at the Houston firm of Vinson & Elkins, which helped represent the energy giant Enron, when then-Gov. Bush chose him to be his general counsel. Bush later named him Texas secretary of state, put him on Texas' Supreme Court and brought him to the White House in 2001.
Gonzales, now under liberal fire, angered conservatives for opposing parental notification for abortions and for narrowing White House opposition to affirmative action.
In style, Gonzales is the anti-John Ashcroft.
Calm and friendly, he aims for consensus instead of confrontation. He is discreet, utterly loyal to Bush and no showboat - key qualities in the Bush White House.
Originally published on November 11, 2004
To all those who say Gonzales was just following the law when ruled against Parental Consent the fact that Alberto allowed his personal views to intefer with the White House position shows that he is not qualified for the Job!
If he starts reversing Ashcroft positions such as Gun Ownership be recognized as an individual right and not collective one then lets see all his defenders defend him.
WTF does this mean?
Bobby Kennedy didn't have much experience, either, but from what I've read, he was one of the best AG's in history.
Have you been reading one of those vanity press books written by some poor relation of the Kennedy family?
The PTB dont seem to want us to know where he stands on 2nd amendment issues...
among many others...
Also Was he in the AF for his 4 years then went to the AF Academy for two years and then transfered to Rice
Another article said he went to school at Rice for 2yrs then left and transfered to the AF Academy...?
Isn't there an additional military obligation for takin two years of education then leaving?...
did he fufill his obligation?
Once upon a time, when grammar was taught in public schools, the writer of a headline like this would have been laughed out of the business.
(((Have you been reading one of those vanity press books written by some poor relation of the Kennedy family?)))
Nah. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he did some pretty impressive jailing of mob figures. I read his book "The Enemy Within" and found it impressive.
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