Posted on 11/24/2005 7:49:39 PM PST by Charlemagne on the Fox
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - 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. . . .
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. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.foxsports.com ...
Hey, Plano....did you see your boy at the Cowboy game watching his girl sing today???
Agreed. Baseball drafts had a ridiculously high number of rounds when richardson was young, and still do to some extent. I think its only 50 or so now, but it used to be even more because of all the minor leagues. It's possible that someone might have believed they were drafted in a very late round and actually weren't.
Because (drum roll please) he is a Democrat. "Journalists" don't normally investigate their own.
It isn't the youthful lie that's getting him in deeper, it's this..."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," . LOL. What a joke!
And I served as batting coach for Babe Ruth and it was my idea for the Babe, my dear friend to point to right field before he hit that legendary home run.
Yessir, we had some mighty good laughs and downed some pints over that one. Also, I suggested naming a candy bar after the Babe and gave Joe Dimaggio the idea to market coffee brewers.
This is the tip of the iceberg. I do not like or trust Richardson. This man has no charisma and not even the Hispanic Americans are wild about his prospects for higher national office.
He was drafted by the A's before he wasn't drafted by the A's.
but wouldn't any team that bothered to draft a guy actually get in touch with said guy at some point?
Clinton was drafted for Viet Nam and claimed he wasn't . . . .
Richardson claims he was drafted by the A's and he wasn't. . . . .
Two peas in a lying, stinking, deceptive pod.
This is a keeper.
Unfortunately not so. Remember how the LameSteam MeJihia used to marvel daily at what a clever liar Slick Willie was ...
Being a Redskin fan and all, I especially liked how the girlz lost to to Broncos in OT.
"It's possible that someone might have believed they were drafted in a very late round and actually weren't."
As someone who was drafted (Dodgers) I can tell you that we all knew our draft number. It was much better known then than it is now.
I'd like to know the name of the Dodger scout he is talking about.
Really Inspector Cluesoe! Was your first clue maybe when years passed and you still didn't recive any of those fat paychecks with the KC A's printed at the top ???
;-)
The guy was Clinton's chief operator in getting nuke intelligence to the Chinese when he was in the Dept of Energy.
He's taking a page from Clinton's handbook. Admit to a small lie to cover up the big one!
This is a serious case of speaking with a forked tongue.
Are those the Plano Redskins??? LOL
I suppose he's married to Morgan Fairchild.
Wasn't Richardson with the UN at the time of Madeline NOtsobright's mission to give the North Koreans the OKAY to build nuke weapons???
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