On his way out the door, and in a speech less than two minutes in length, Alberto Gonzales managed to complete his degradation showing a rare competence in that task that escaped him in all others in his many years playing "Fredo Corleone" to George Bush's "Michael Corleone".
Seemingly trying to convey how exhilirating his time on the national stage was, he said, choking up:
Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father’s best days ....
You live here, so you know what's coming ...