November 24, 2005
I WASN'T A DRAFT PICK EITHER
Welcome to the club, Bill.
UPDATE: This looks like a well-placed leak/shiv to the ribs to take out a competitor in much the same way Bob Kerrey was taken out well before the 2000 primaries. I never cared much for Bill Richardson but he is one of the more credible candidates in the Democratic field. If Evan Bayh or Mark Warner are suddenly the subject of embarassing articles in the coming months, we will know that someone is clearing the field.
YIPS from Steve: The problem with Richardson as a candidate was that as UN Ambassador, he was prepared to give Lewinsky a job. Automatic political disqualification, as it will completely blow apart (so to speak) the wall a successful Democratic candidate will have to create against Clintononia.
The whole story reminds me of Jim Belushi's character in About Last Night who utters the ultimate pick up line: "Hey, do you know anything about boxing? No? Too bad---I'm the Heavyweight Champion of the World."
Posted by LMC at November 24, 2005 05:16 PM | TrackBackThe lie about being drafted is a little pathetic, but only because it is such a small lie. If it were Bill Clnton, he would have maintained that he played centerfield for the New York Yankees. And he would have gotten away with it, too.
Posted by: The Colossus at November 25, 2005 08:02 AMHe was also a completely worthless Sec. of Energy. I actually don't think he is all that bright and has traded heavily on his 1/2 Latino ethnicity.
Wasn't he also supposed to be overseeing Los Alamos, or the energy dept. at any rate, during the Wen Ho Lee scandal?
