Gonzo Finally Gets A Job

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Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been the butt of many jokes over the past year thanks to media reports suggesting that he was unable to secure gainful employment after his disasterous tenure in the Bush administration. Sadly, it looks like those jokes will have to stop, as the Harvard Law grad has landed a teaching gig for the fall at a prestigious institution of higher learning: Texas Tech, in Lubbock, Texas. The guy once predicted to be the first Latino Supreme Court justice won’t be teaching law or anything like that. Instead, he’ll headline a poli-sci course on contemporary issues in the executive branch, based, apparently, on what little he can remember of it.

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