"I often remind our fellow citizens that we live in the greatest country in the world and that I have lived the American dream. Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father’s best days."
Is he lifting this directly from a Horatio Alger dime novel? It just doesn't seem to fit. Imagine for a moment...Gonzales's worst day (visualize Chuck Schuman, calling you out for being a liar on national television). Now if we're to believe him, just imagine what kind of hell his father must have lived as a construction worker in Texas.
I know it's hyperbole, and the guy is obviously preoccupied with status/wealth, but it still seems pretty dismissive of the American working class and the lifestyle that they can afford. "Thinking of relaxing with the family this weekend? Don't bother, any joy or feelings of contentment that you experience will be a figment of your imagination. Just keep working. When you have wealth, you'll understand."Then again, he's a lawyer, and while he may have wanted us to infer it, technically he didn't say that his father's lower socio-economic status had anything to do with why he was so miserable. Maybe there's another explanation: just imagine being a parent in that household if Alberto's seven siblings were all as frustrating as he is.
I hope that he'll still be prosecuted for perjury. It might help him to understand the benefits of an honest living.
