Does Alberto Gonzales understand the definition of irony?

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/20/State/...





Embattled former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was a few minutes into his speech Monday night when the first two protesters took the stage, their heads covered and hands tied behind their backs like Abu Ghraib prisoners.





One of the young men stood silently beside Gonzales, who looked down at his notes and waited for two police officers to lead him away. Then came a young man in a military fatigue jacket, who stood directly in front of Gonzales with a sign declaring: "Habeus corpus."





As another officer led that protester offstage, Gonzales told the audience: "Our young men fight overseas to preserve these kinds of freedom of speech."

Does Alberto Gonzales understand the definition of irony?
It's sad, isn't it.





What's more sad is that this type of outrageous speech is even necessary.





As a Republican, I'm extremely embarrassed by these anti-American creeps who have been running the country. If I thought they would do a better job, I'd switch over and vote Democrat for the first time in my life. Unfortunately, I don't expect them to get it right either. So, I'm gonna stick around for a few more months and see if we can take back the Republican party. Good luck to those of you who choose a different approach. The common goal for all of us should be to return our nation to "government by the people".
Reply:It doesn't sound like we're getting all the info here. Why were the people's heads covered? Did any of the men try to attack Gonzales and perhaps that's why they were arrested? I'm not saying I don't believe the article, just that it sounds very biased.
Reply:Bedtime for Gonzo? Yeah, irony is a delicate art. It is lost on many.
Reply:When you grow up some more you will understand.





I'll bet you hate it when people interrupt YOU.
Reply:Do you understand that freedom of speech doesn't mean you can go any where and say anything at any time.





And yes I do know a little about not only the constitution but also the men that wrote it.


If you disrupt a speaker in a closed forum you can be arrested and should be tased.





Gonzales was invited to speak at this place not the protesters.





In a recent speech former President and philanderer Slick Willie was similarly accosted and asked the protesters if they had been invited to speak and if not then to shut up.


To which the audience went nuts.





I suppose that was OK
Reply:NO HE DOES NOT
Reply:I think he used to know the definition of irony but can't recall what it is.
Reply:I've seen people use this type of argument before, and it doesn't hold water. He was there to give a speech, the protesters prevented that speech from happening. The police did nothing to abrogate the protesters right to "free speech", they have every right to free assembly, peaceful protests and making speeches of their own, but not at the cost of Mr Gonzales' right to speak as well.





His comments to the protesters was right on point, because, HE didn't prevent them from exercising their rights, it was the other way around.
Reply:I don't think Alberto Gonzales realizes the extent to which he is intensley disliked. He's up there with Cheney and Rumsfield though and in some ways he is the biggest disappointment because instead of doing his job he was their lackey and that's just unacceptable in an Attorney General and if anybody should be prosecuted he should be one of the first instead of earning huge stipends at speaking engagements. That's just an outrage.