Fredo Buys It, or: The Passing of All Bastards pt. 2

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Attorney General and Constitutional danger Alberto Gonzales has resigned. Effective September 17. Which can't fucking come soon enough for me.

The account from the New York Times is HERE.

A more cheery summary is HERE at Wonkette, in their aptly named "A Farewell to Assholes Dept."

So who was the Al Neri?



"You broke my heart, Fredo."


(OK, fun is fun, but can anyone explain to me how he became "Fredo?" His name's "Alberto," not "Alfredo." Apparently, it was given to him by Our Fearless Leader. Are all "Als" of all ethnicities the same to the man? Or was he aware some time ago that one day Fredo would be sent on a little fishing trip?)


And yes, some things can lighten the heart for a while, but even LOLCats know that the bastards never really go away. No, not really . . .





(Oh, and a Google search doesn't answer the why of the "Fredo" nickname, only that it started with OFL calling him "Alfredo" for some time. Nickname or numbskull? Youth wants to know!)

Comments

Nora Ephron has a hypothesis ..

[justjohn.livejournal.com]

"... I hope he's not worried about his legacy, because he will have one, and it will be not unlike what awaits almost all the members of this administration: they will be fodder for art. Yes, art. Dick Cheney said a couple of months ago that history would be his judge, but I beg to differ: history will be nothing compared to the plays. This administration will be the subject of hundreds of plays; the playwrights will be drawn again and again to the astonishing, amazing panoply of evil and complicity the Bush Administration has provided. Gonzales will be a hilarious comic foil in most of these productions -- a jack-in-the-box who will pop out, say he has no recollection whatsoever of anything, and pop back in. Short actors will kill to play him.

"By the way, I have a pet theory about Alberto Gonzales: I've always believed that the reason the President called Gonzales Fredo was that when they first met, Bush incorrectly believed that Gonzales' first name was Alfredo, and Gonzales was too much of a toady to correct him."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nora-ephron/it-was-you-fredo_b_61985.html

Re: Nora Ephron has a hypothesis ..

[silverplate88.livejournal.com]

Fodder for art *chomp doublechomp*

"Bush Wars" was the name of the musical, Rattlestick Theatre a coupla seasons ago, a total riot. Now they can add a character ... but I can't see Peter Dinklage in Fredo's role, he has FAR too much class...let alone, talent!

In fact, just at Edinburgh we had "Osama, the Musical" where our meatball president had a small role; maybe Fredo could be the Charlie McCarthy character ... still think clips from it are up on YouTube YUM

Artists are much better judges than ... well, judges. Or anybody.