Richardson is a dangerous man... I've known him personally for decades. He gave me the creeps the first time I met him and every meeting since has only reinforced my first sense of him.
He was corrupt BEFORE he ever even heard of Bill Clinton... I'm sure they taught each other many useful lessons at stabbing people in the back while smiling and shaking hands.
He promises every audience what they want to hear. And many of the people that listen to him that should know better somehow believe him.
He promised my little community " a world class university" and lots of high paying jobs if we voted him in for Governor in 2000. Ridiculous on the face of it as we are a resort community of about 10,000 permanent residents with no infrastructure for either a major university nor for industry.. But my community which always otherwise is very Republican and very conservative overwhelmingly voted for him.
He did deliver half a million bucks or so for our community college and some money for the local politicos to waste on pet projects at the expense of the rest of the taxpayers of the state, so our local muckety mucks are supporting him for re-election.
He is running for re-election as Governor next year: He just bought himself a LOT of votes by writing a check on the state treasury for between about $100 and $600 to everyone who filed a NM State tax return last year... The less you paid, the more you got.
He also got the Taxpayers of the state to buy him a big Jet. Useless for his job of running the State of New Mexico, but it will be darn handy for his campaign for President or Hillary's VP, whichever way the cards fall.
I imagine that the state treasury will be completely looted by the time he quits buying votes.
He IS part hispanic- claims to be full blood hispanic when it suits him. I've even heard him claim to be "Native American" when campaigning on the reservations.
Yeah, he declared a state of emergency on the illegal alien invasion.... only a few weeks after he offered any of his "brothers from south of the border" State ID which will allow them to drive, vote and be elegible for all the welfare goodies that the NM taxpayers can offer. The official declared state of emergency is merely window dressing for the future. Plus, he hopes that it will bring in some Federal taxpayers money that he can get his hands on. He has no intention of actually stopping any illegals from crossing, nor sending any back that are already here.
His little trip a few weeks ago to North Korea had three purposes:
One to get his name in the news nationally and internationally;
Another.. To try to talk Li'l Kim into not doing anything percipitous for a couple of years. I'm sure he offered him the sun and the moon if Kim doesn't do anything that might wreck the Dem chances at picking up the Presidency and gaining a majority in the Senate.
And finally to see if there were any more Los Alamos National Lab or Sandia Lab defense secrets that Kim might want. (Ok, I'm making that last one up..... Or AM I??? )
Don't underestimate him. He is nearly as dangerous a person as Hillary and a more skilled politician. He and Hil are natural allies; I could see either one accepting the VP slot on the others ticket ...
I bet he's a typical democrat and if given the chance he'd raise taxes on the rich and lower them on the poor or give the poor a bigger standard deduction then he'd pass a lot of hidden taxes on stuff so the end result would be more taxes for everyone while appearing to be for the working man and sticking it to the rich.
Do you think maybe his running has a lot to do with HIllary?Maybe the Clintons promised him big things and if he runs and loses then Hillary will have him for her running mate..He is Mexican and that would take care of the Mexican vote for the dems..