what a maroon!

From Monday's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee:

GONZALES: I gave in my opening statement, Senator, examples where President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance of the enemy on a far broader scale -- far broader -- without any kind of probable cause standard, all communications in and out of the country.

The question: has Gonzales lost the ability to make sense because he's been hanging around Bush too long, or did Bush hire him because it makes him feel good to be surrounded by other nincompoops?