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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Is he still pimping for Clinton?
He never denied that he had been lying all along. That's his defense?
Because of his admission, Democrats in Congress will offer up a bill to draft Governor Richardson as an honorary draft member of the team.
If it were a Republican, he would be investigated, indicted, frog marched out of the capital, and face a firing squad.
Yeah... him and Cheech Marin came up the same year.
Why on earth would anybody lie about something like this? Did he think no one would be able to look it up and expose the lie? What a maroon!
Once again, Hillary's FBI files come in handy. Cross another one off the list.
If Richardson thinks an outright lie like this won't matter to voters he could be sorely mistaken. Remember when George O'Leary was named the head football coach at Notre Dame 3-4 years ago, only to be terminated about a week or so later because he had lied on his resume. O'Leary had claimed for years that very early in his career he was an assistant coach at some small college (I can't remember the name) when in fact he never was. Richardson might be able to BS his way out of an exageration, but a 29 year old flat out lie is a whole different story.
Truth is the first victim in Democrat politics!
This will be the last we will hear of this I'll bet..
Ping.
If only he and Castro had made the big leagues, 2 leftist dictatorships might be free lands today. :)
Funny how this is released on Thanksgiving Day!!!!
hahahaha.
Richardson gets the Turkey award.
If he wanted to, he could get the nomination from Hillary. Really. I think he will have to sumo wrestle Evan Bayh, but he wants that VP slot.
He was drafted, before he wasn't drafted.
sounds lilke he should consider a careet with the MSM.
How true!
I happen to know a guy whose wife is one of the guv's staffers. I just sent him the link to this thread.
Let's see what happens.
What he really meant was that he was drafted by the Kansas City Monarchs, and pitched a no hitter against Satchel Page.
Be a shame if we gave Bill indigestion today! < /s>
A DEMOCRAP.....LIED???
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