What's with the two watches???
Posted on 11/24/2005 12:42:30 PM PST by Sub-Driver
N.M. Gov Admits He Wasn't Baseball Pick
13 minutes ago
Gov. Bill Richardson is coming clean on his draft record — the baseball draft, that is, admitting that his claim to have been a pick of the Kansas City A's in 1966 was untrue.
For nearly four decades, Richardson, often mentioned as a possible Democratic presidential candidate, has maintained he was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics.
The claim was included in a brief biography released when Richardson successfully ran for Congress in 1982. A White House news release in 1997 mentioned it when he was about to be named U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. And several news organizations, including The Associated Press, have reported it as fact over the years.
But an investigation by the Albuquerque Journal found no record of Richardson being drafted by the A's, who have since moved to Oakland, or any other team.
Informed by the newspaper of its findings, the governor acknowledged the error in a story in Thursday's editions.
"After being notified of the situation and after researching the matter ... I came to the conclusion that I was not drafted by the A's," he said.
Richardson spokesman Gilbert Gallegos declined to comment when reached by the AP on Thursday.
Richardson, a right-handed pitcher who played at Tufts University, said he was actively scouted by several major league teams in the 1960s.
He insisted his name appeared on "a draft list of some kind" created by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. He named team scouts, whom he said told him that he "would or could" be drafted. The scouts have since died.
Richardson later developed arm trouble, eliminating any possible pro career.
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Great post.
What's with the two watches???
He won't get attacked from both sides on immigration.
He was the first governor to declare a state of emergency due to illegal immigration and he stated (granted he way lying) he wanted to meet with the leader of the minuitman project.
He has been somewhat active in fighting illegal immigration.
Its all a political stunt, since he is spanish, he can act like Tancredo and no one will blink an eye.....he also knows he can use this position to hammer Hillary in the primaries in union heavy states.
One's not a watch-- it's his Pathological Liars Association secret decoder band.
I guess you need one watch for here...
...and one for the time in your fantasy life....
I'm sure he has about 2 dozen of them hanging on the inside of his coat.
I wonder if the list was printed using Microsoft Word.
One of them was a World Series victory watch.The second one was awarded to him the year he won the Cy Young.
As my old pal Gomer used to say:
SUPRISE! SUPRISE! SUPRISE!
"One's not a watch-- it's his Pathological Liars Association secret decoder band."
You're wrong. It's a shiny WWBD bracelet. (What would Bill do)
Thanksgiving day, nobody paying attention, perfect. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Wonder what he's going to clean up on Christmas Day. Stay tuned.
"When I saw that program in 1967, I was convinced I was drafted," Richardson said. "And it stayed with me all these years."
Then-general manager Arnold Mycock said the biographical information was supplied by players or their college coaches.
In other words: Richardson lied to the team about being drafted. He then relied on his own lie when he lied again! What a joke!
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Why did Friend of HILLARY Energy Secretary BILL RICHARDSON authorize the fires around his home district's Los Alamos Nuclear Labs that resulted in our own ...miniature NUKE technology being stolen?
A question asked here at the time of the Los Alamos fires that still awaits its answer.
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First of all he is a Democrat, so on WINTER HOLLIDAY he will let it slip out he is not really Hispanic.
Reads like Scrappleface.
He is a politician, in America, in 2005 A.D. Therefore, it follows that he is some sort of vice addict.(usually all known vices at the same time)
Look, The Daily Kos has added this addendum:
For four decades, Richardson lied about being drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in 1966, a claim he has just recently recanted.
Wasn't it the RATS who were screaming for Michael Brown of FEMA to resign for embellishing his resume?
"...came to the conclusion that I was not the inventor of the Internet (that d@mned Algore beat me to it), was not an astronaut, was not the MVP from SuperBowl XXX, and did not find the cure for polio."
Hey Gov. your papers are in Sandy Burgers shorts!
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