The Rude Pundit says it well about our new AG, Alberto Gonzales:
We get to be happy that the guy who feared marble breasts is gone and that the guy who thinks torture's okay is in as Attorney General.
Click through for the rest, but if you're reading this from work, remember that he's not called the Rude Pundit for nothing.
Balkinization give more in-depth reasons why this is not a good thing:
he has done something that is, in my mind, inexcusable. He commissioned and put his name on a series of despicable legal memos that justified torture and prisoner abuse and that tried to avoid America's obligations under international law
To be fair, though, the Washington Post points out some potential positives about his track record. However, given his longtime history as a loyal friend of President Bush, I seriously doubt we'll see any deviation from the administration party line on Gonzales' watch.
