[top 2 toe red]

However, my point had to do with Alberto Gonzales, not his boss. So, your comment is misplaced.

IMO, it very much sounded like a direct criticism of President Bush, pointing out the error of his ways in 'selecting' these two...perhaps, that is not the way you meant it. {{shrug}}

[savedbygrace]

I'll try to be charitable here. Your connotation of 'direct criticism' must be, um, flexible and expansive. Yeah, that's the ticket.

To you, 'direct' must mean 'not mentioned at all', and 'criticism' must mean 'what I think he might have meant, but never said'.