Never mind the stash of gold bars, the envelopes full of cash, or the prosecutors who say Bob Menendez accepted bribes to help Egypt’s brutal dictatorship evade restrictions on torture. According to the senior New Jersey senator, he’s the real victim here. This time, he isn’t playing his phony race card by claiming he’s been targeted by haters of Hispanics. This time, he says the charges against him are politically motivated, a form of persecution by the Justice Department. That was the essence of the sobbing speech he forced fellow senators to endure last week, after facing yet another indict…