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There’s some corruption in New Mexico! (Allegedly.) A California business got a contract maybe through some agency (?) in New Mexico, and this is tied to the Governor’s Department, and Bill Richardson is (still) the governor of N.M., so now he is bowing out of the Commerce Department cabinet post because of the Great Cloud of Scandal, which could get its Taint on Big Bill, and that’s it for Hispanics in Politics, the end. This is all Rod Blagojevich’s fault! [Washington Post/Top of the Ticket]
If the quantity of chins are any indication, getting to the taint on Bill could be an arduous process.
heh. taint.
He shouda kept the beard
Dear Bill R.,
I told you there would be consequences.
Feliz ano nuevo,
Hillary.
With the greatest respect for now and still Gov. Richardson, screw him. He should be found guilty of whatever and locked up under the same conditions as Wen Ho Lee, the scientist who Richardson scapegoated in a scandal that never happened at Los Alamos when Big Bill was Energy Secretary.
New Mexican taint is covered in a thin layer of chipotle.
As we say goodbye to Bill Richardson, we say hello to Senator Al Franken.
Suck on that, O’Reilly.
Are you paying attention, Mr. Blagojevich? See how people get out of the fucking way and let the world get on with it? You don’t see it? Oh.
while all the republicans complain that theyre the only ones that get caught in scandals…
goddamnit Richardson! quit being a pussy and get back on the cabinet
Egads! What will Princess Sparkle Pony say?
Sunday non-pre-election weekend Wonkette! why, thank you, editor Ken.
actually, the last line of your comment is being passed around
as bible on the cable noisers, because All Governors Are Alike.
Always.
Richardson bowed out? Was Hamas overturned? RUMORS ARE IKE EISENHOWER JESUS.
Hate it. Richardson is a decent man with strong accomplishments (and maybe a few screw-ups, too, like most humans–at least me and the humans I hang out with). I especially appreciate his sense of humor. When he was in Espanola NM for an Obama campaign event, he promised to deliver “110%” of the local vote for Hopey. If you know Espanola, you know this is the meaning of humor. And here was a guy cool enough to say it out loud and get everyone in the crowd to laugh about it. Hope he digs out of this quickly.
i knew he shouldn’t have gotten rid of the beard, he’d have had a better shot at barry forgiving him with that sexy rug covering up his chins. any thoughts on who the new token mexican in the cabinet is going to be…or will barry take this opportunity to pick one of the gays and win back whatever bit of their love wasn’t taken care of with the sexy shirtless pics?
What Can Brown Do For You?
One California company gave some money for a bond-underwriting deal four years ago? New Mexico must be paradise if this was the last time such an arrangement happened. In Illinois, the percentage of State contractors who make political contributions is well above 100%. Second and third place bidders make them too. Blago made bond deals through Bear-Stearns.
I can’t wait for the freepers and wingnuts say in this! I predict a shitty Rush Limbaugh parody song coming…”Mystical Greasy Busboy” or something
Rachel Ray Jihad:
And a fried egg. What is with NM and a fried egg on top? Cheese-fries in Taos way uncool, too.
New Mexico to be renamed New Illinois.
The republicans would never let a little thing like corruption or cronyism stand in the way of a nominee! Haven’t the last 8 years taught us anything?
robanybody: From what I hear, 110% of Espanola is nodding out on heavy-gauge Black Tar at any given moment.
Richardson isn’t really a Hispanic name any more than Palin is an Eskimo one. We need a real honest-to-Dios Hispanic like, uh, not Alberto Gonazles but someone more . . . Oh crap, the cabinet post is just so golden. Sell it to help with the bailoutses.
I attended Sandia HS in ABQ and couldn’t get out of that nasty incorporated sand trap fast enough. This thread’s reminding me that the only thing I miss about NM is Green Chile Cheese Fries from Blake’s. *yum*
chascates: How about Reyes Lopez Tijerina? Viva La Raza!
The real question is, what is this going to mean for Super Tuesday and the Latino vote?
agitpropster: Esta bien!
U.S. Senator Joseph Montoya, spoke out against Tijerina and the Alianza, stating that “the last thing the Spanish-speaking need is agitation, rabble-rousing, or creation of false hopes,” and characterized Tijerina as an “outsider who sparked violence and set back racial relations and an enemy of the United States.”
I, for one, think we need more agitation and rabble-rousing. We already have enough false hopes.
chascates: How about Cheech Marin? He’s fluent in American, both kinds.
How happy is Bill that he didn’t give up his day job?
villageatrois: I’ll sign off on that if we get Tommy Chong as Drug Czar.
Bill Richardson has announced that he is completely innocent, and that any misdeeds were obviously done when “Evil Bill Richardson” from the evil parallel universe swapped places with him.
The only way you can tell them apart is that “Evil Bill,” like all evil parallel universe people, has a beard.
Strangely enough, under the Constitution, the Governor of Illinois is responsible for naming the replacement Secretary of Commerce should the first have to step down because of possible corruption.
Look it up!
Just as well - I’ve not terribly thrilled that Obama is bringing in so many sitting Governors and Senators, leaving those valuable positions in the hands of appointees who will have a much harder time keeping those seats in the (you heard it hear First!) unprecedentedly-brutal 2010 mid-terms.
Plus, I had hoped that the Obamasphere would be a realm of fresh-faced, frighteningly determined and well-informed outside-the-beltway policy wonks who were boldly committed and aggressively goal-oriented to protect, restore & renew America after having to bide their time and nurture their outrage at the way the Bush Crime Family SHAT all over it during the past 8 years.
I’m not sure who I wanted at Commerce, but I’m still hoping for RFK Jr as head of the Federal Elections Commission, and Ralph Nader as head of the FDA. Tommy Chong as ‘Drug Czar’ is fine by me.
I think Gov. Blagojevich is available to head up the Commerce Dept….
Thank Goodness! I’m tired of these New Mexicans coming over here and taking our jobs.
Shouldn’t have gotten rid of the beard, Bill. That beard could’ve withstood ANY accusations.
“Cloudy” Bill Richardson follows in the footsteps of “Sizzlin’” Hank Cisneros.
I’m begining to think that:
Experience=Taint,
where experience is defined in the SnowBilly way.
Snowmobiles do horrible things to a person’s taint.
So NM is the Land of Disenchantment now?
hockeymom: Yeah. A CNN headline reads “Ex-comic Franken set to win U.S. Senate race”. My question: why is he an ‘ex’ merely upon entering the Senate?
Wait, there’s a NEW Mexico now?
Who was the favorite old Mexican, and would he or she be interested in being Secretary of Commerce?
chascates: Montoya? Wasn’t he in the “Princess Bride”?
(As in “…my name is Montoya. Prepare to die…”)
What we really need in this country is more of this kind of thing, true diversity in all things including scandal. It seemed the GOP had hogged up all the graft and corruption money but then there were some bright spots, Rep. Jefferson for one, then the whole Blaggy thing w/ Jesse Jr. and that nice old black man what’s his name and now it’s Richardson… But what kind of Mexican name it that? My illegal (sorry, UNDOCUMENTED WORKER) yard guy’s name is FIDEL for god’s sake and he’s the real deal though he prefers American beer to Mexican brands. But anyway, more minorities on the take mean they are being assimilated, the system works and all it well…
Big Bill had nowhere to go in politics but to become governor. There was no opening in the senate at the time. Had he laid out of the game for a while, he could have easily become a senator - when “Senator Pete” retired. Unless he is completely vindicated by the current investigation he is looking at retirement in 2010. Imagine how fat he will get!
He’s more an “Old Mexican” dontcha think?
chascates: Whoever he is, after Obama introduces him, he should begin his remarks with, “We don’t need no steenkin’ Secretary uf Commerce.”
Somewhere, Horatio Sanz is crying.
Lionel Hutz Esq.: yes, I remember that from Star Trek and Hercules(with Kevin Sorbo) so it must be true.
TGY: Because the Senate is SERIOUS BUSINESS.
The Neo-Mexicons must be stopped!
4tehlulz: Haha, I lol-ed or lul-ed or whatever.
Given the state of the economy, Billy Mays is the obvious replacement.
A wee bit of back scratching shouldn’t disqualify Richardson for the Dept of Commerce post. For heaven’s sake, Don Evan’s held that post and HIS only qualification was supposedly getting Dubya off the hooch and into a church pew (and see how well THAT worked out). Evans used to give speeches about the heroism of his father who landed at Normandy at D-Day plus 14. The plus 14 part means that his old man landed on the beach TWO WEEKS after D-Day, but that didn’t stop Evans from acting like his father was there for the battle. I could have landed on Normandy on D-Day plus 14.
Bush I had Robert Mosbacher, along with that hideous wife of his, Georgette. To Mosbacher’s credit, he got Rove fired from Bush I’s campaign, so maybe he had his positive points.
Saints be praised. Does this mean there is now actually a 1 in 100 chance we’ll get someone who knows anything at all about commerce? Besides, of course, how to tax it.
Erections have consequences.
Looks like another less than great day for the advancement of wetbacks.
Yes, it is of great concern here in Colorado that Richardson will be back at the helm, especially since we just lost America’s foremost racist with Tancredo leaving the House. Who will protect us now from the Neo-Mexicans coming across Raton Pass to take our jobs cleaning Aspen celebs toilets?
Lazy Media: Yep, everything West of Louisiana, and South of Salem, Oregon. Haven’t you been to a Ron Paul rally?
finallyhappy: I forgot about Evil Hercules. My favorite was always Evil Cartman.
The headline in the paper in Albuquerque (where I just spent the night at Motel 6. Don’t ask.) this morning says “RICHARDSON SHOCKER”.
Shocker? Really? I thought BR’s appeal was that he was so adorably corrupt?
Can we talk more about his mullet? The man has a mullet. A mull-et. Watch the video on the WP site. It’s a HUGE AC Slater mullet.
http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/2009/01/trouble-with-money_05.html