Say good bye to the loser, who stepped down during the final week of the summer, when few people are paying attention. (Some good commentary here). When the American public wakes up after Labor Day, a new loser will be installed as Attorney General of the United States, doing the legal bidding of the most incompetent President in American history.

Alberto Gonzales never should have been named Attorney General. He was George W. Bush's advisor in Texas and was given the plum job of Attorney General after Bush finagled his way into the presidency, watching over an administration that has as much respect for the rule of law as a child molester has respect for the dignity of young children.

A few months ago I deemed Gonzales the stupidest man in America for declaring that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right of habeas corpus, the legal process by which persons unjustly convicted of a crime may go to court to win their freedom. In a rational world, when the Attorney General makes a pronouncement like this he should be removed from office immediately as unqualified. Didn't happen.

Gonzales' other crimes against humanity include obvious lies before Congress about his role in the administration's decision to purge the Justice Department of highly-qualified U.S. Attorneys. He poo-poo'ed the Geneva Conventions which prohibit the United States from torturing prisoners of war. He probably went deaf listening in on the illegal wiretaps that his office no doubt authorized in violation of a clear Federal law which required the government to get a search warrant for them.

By today's end, liberal blogs and websites will have an exhaustive list of Gonzales' disgraceful tenure as the Attorney General for this most contemptable of Presidential administrations. For now, a good summary of his lies are here. The important thing to remember is that some administration figures are deemed corrupt because of their unsavory association with a corrupt administration. What makes Gonzales' resignation so remarkable is that the administration was corrupt because Gonzales was its chief legal officer.