Posted on 12/28/2010 8:51:25 AM PST by CedarDave
Whether he was simply ruminating to the world or had inside information, an Albuquerque pastor and freelance columnist sparked international speculation about Gov. Bill Richardson's next career move with an article suggesting the departing governor might become America's next secretary of state.
Michael Williams, who runs a family counseling ministry in Albuquerque and pens occasional columns for the website Examiner.com, wrote a Christmas Eve piece saying that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was contemplating retirement and that Richardson is a natural replacement for her in the Obama Cabinet.
What happened next shows the bizarre nature of information in the Internet Age.
On Christmas Day, The Korea Times, published in South Korea, wrote a story citing the Examiner column. At least one Albuquerque television station followed with its own report.
There was just one problem — no solid evidence that the speculation had any merit.
Richardson's office this week dismissed Williams' speculation, as did the White House.
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Scandals Dogged Richardson's Terms (NM-his hand in every pocket)
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Watch the wrap but here fox news confirms.
IMHO Richardson would be a terrible Sec of State.
No doubt about that. Here are the subheadings in Sunday's Journal story about Richardson:
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WIKI Gov Richardson was born in Pasadena, California. His father, William Blaine Richardson Jr. (died in 1972), born in Nicaragua, was a Citibank executive who grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and lived and worked in Mexico City. His mother, María Luisa López-Collada Márquez is the Mexican daughter of a Spanish father from Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain and a Mexican mother, and was his father's secretary. Just before Richardson was born, his father sent his mother to California to give birth because, as Richardson explained, "My father had a complex about not having been born in the United States."
Richardson, a U.S. citizen by birthright, was raised during his childhood in Mexico City. He was raised Roman Catholic. At age 13, Richardson's parents sent him to Massachusetts to attend a preparatory school, Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, where he played baseball as a pitcher. He entered Tufts University in 1966 where he continued to play baseball.
Richardson's original biographies stated that he had been drafted by the Kansas City Athletics and the Chicago Cubs to play professional baseball, but a 2005 Albuquerque Journal investigation revealed that he never was on any official draft. Richardson acknowledged the error which he claimed was unintentional, saying that he had been scouted by several teams and told that he "would or could" be drafted, but was mistaken in saying that he was actually drafted.
You might recall is was Richardson that went to OPEC and asked they raise oil prices from $21.00 to $35.00 so russia would afford to repay a loan given them during the clinton years.
I speculate that Bill Richardson will eat 2 burritos this week
You may be right. He says he plans to stay in NM.
And further down in the posted article he says that he plans to open the "Richardson Center for Peace and Dialogue" in Santa Fe after he leaves office, and "hopes to tour baseball parks around the country."
although replacing her with somebody who is even less qualified certainly fits Barry’s M.O.
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