Abu G comes to America's Glans™

Yes, His Embattledness spoke to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives in Fort Lauderdale this morning.

Embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made a trip to Fort Lauderdale Monday morning but steered clear of the controversy surrounding his recent congressional testimony in his speech to law enforcement officers.

Just days earlier, four U.S. senators asked an independent special prosecutor to look into perjury charges against Gonzales.

Instead, in his short speech to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Gonzales talked about federal efforts to curb violent crime, posing for photographs with law enforcement officers but taking no questions from reporters.

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Gonzales received a warm reception in Fort Lauderdale, where he was asked to address the crowd of more than 300 law enforcement officers about six months ago.

"It's a safe haven out of Washington," said Elsie Scott, president of the Congressional Black Caucus. "It's a place where he can be comfortable and not be booed."

How much worse can it get when you're a Cabinet member who has to find a place where you won't be booed?

No word on whether Gonzales hooked up with Jim Naugle. I don't know whether they've ever met, but I'm sure they'd get along smashingly.