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Alberto Gonzales: Attorney General (Gateway Biographies)
By: Lisa Tucker McElroy
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Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush
By: Walter Brasch
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Reuel Amdur of Allbooks says:
Genre: Non-fiction/Political

Title: Sinking the Ship of State

Author: Walter M. Brasch

The disastrous Bush administration is only slightly ameliorated by the humor found in the President's many verbal gaffes.
"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah," said President George W. Bush. This is just one of the Bushisms peppering the book. These bits serve to lighten up what becomes a bit tedious. The book is mostly a collection of newspaper columns, with occasional updating. It has been said that there is nothing so deadly as yesterday's news.
Brasch, a journalism prof and syndicated newspaper columnist, covers the Bush years from 2000, with newspaper columns dealing with the usual complaints about his administration. We read of the smear campaign against John McCain (after all, his campaign manager was a Jew, and McCain was seeking the gay vote), the illegal invasion of Iraq and the inept conduct of that war, the systematic measures consistently used by the president to harass peaceful protesters at his public appearances, torture at Guantanamo and mistreatment of suspects shipped off to overseas secret prisons, corporate welfare, and on and on.
I found Brasch's description of the massive entertainment budgets of certain corporations for delegates to the conventions enlightening. But while Brasch found Clinton's years something to crow about, his welfare "reform" measures targeting the poor, lead me more to Michael Moore's view, which Brasch quotes--that Clinton was perhaps the greatest Republican president.
In 440 pages, Brasch could have produced a solid book on Bush, rather than just a collection of warmed-over newspaper clippings. The stuff is all largely there. Annoyingly, the book lacks an index.
How can we evaluate Brasch's book? In terms of what it tells us, it is very solid. In the format, it stumbles. Reviewer: Reuel S. Amdur, Allbooks Reviews

The President's Counselor: The Rise to Power of Alberto Gonzales
By: Bill Minutaglio
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The first and only biography of the most controversial u.s. Attorney general in recent memory

In defiance of expectations, statistics, and stereotypes, Alberto Gonzales has risen to become one of the most powerful men in America. Gonzales has been the nexus for key policy points for the Bush administration, and holds inflammatory and very influential positions on issues that seize and polarize the nation—privacy, capital punishment, and torture.

Gonzales's unyielding loyalty to George W. Bush—during a time when to call his presidency "controversial" would be an understatement of massive proportions—is a fascinating study in the politics of ambition.

From his modest beginnings in Humble, Texas, to his stone-faced refusal to buckle under the pressure of dissenters, The President's Counselor provides never-seen insight into the man whose influence over a very powerful president in very pressing times will undoubtedly impact people here and abroad for years to come.

The question in Washington: was San Diego's U.S. Attorney Alberto Gonzales' s...
By: Thomas York
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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on March 26, 2007. The length of the article is 470 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The question in Washington: was San Diego's U.S. Attorney Alberto Gonzales' sacrificial Lam?(EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK)(Carol Lam fired from her post)
Author: Thomas York
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 26, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 28 Issue: 13 Page: 50(1)

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Arte: Taller en Movimiento.(muestras)(TT: Art: workshop in the move.)(TA: ex...
By: Blanca Gonzáles Rosas
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This digital document is an article from Proceso, published by CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V. on December 16, 2001. The length of the article is 816 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Arte: Taller en Movimiento.(muestras)(TT: Art: workshop in the move.)(TA: exhibitions)(Artículo Breve)
Author: Blanca Gonzáles Rosas
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 16, 2001
Publisher: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
Page: 80

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Reposted with permission: Why Liberals Should Love The Second Amendment by Angry Mouse Ask anyone on the street. They'll tell you the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a liberal organization. I know liberal couples who give each other pocket size copies of the Constitution for Christmas. Ask liberals to list their top five complaints about the Bush Administration, and they will invariably say the words "shredding" and "Constitution" in the same sentence. They might also add • Sen. Ken Salazar on Alberto Gonzales
Think back a few years to when Judge Alberto Gonzales was being considered for Attorney General. Colorado?s then freshman senator, Ken Salazar, escorted Gonzales into the Senate for the first day of his confirmation hearing. And Salazar ultimately voted to confirm Gonzales. As a result, the Justice department went through years of upheaval. U.S. attorneys were fired, allegedly for political reasons rather than for performance. Career Justice employees left, and those who stayed were given ambig • Loyalty is the New Competence
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Beginning with his nomination for Attorney General I had reservations about Michael Mukasey, and he has consistently lived down to my worst expectations. I did not like the fact that the Senate seemingly had no opportunity to give advice on the selection (beyond what appears to be secret meetings with Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein), nor did I like his apparent equanimity about brutality. The best name I heard floated was • I was also so happy to know that I made people feel
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