Campaign funds keep rolling in for Richardson

The Santa Fe New Mexican ^ | July 7, 2006 | Steve Terrell

[hispanarepublicana]

Anyone know the extent of Richardson's knowledge of Spanish and how well he speaks it?

Probably well enough to know what I'd mean if I ran into him and said, "Horalé, cabron! Pinché ojeté! Veté a la chingada!"

[Santa Fe_Conservative]

Thanks for the heads up. That newspaper, the New Mexican, the day after Scott Peterson was convicted, the put a story about Americans moving to Canada on the front page instead of the Peterson conviction. It made me remember why I use it for the litter box.

And if voting for Mr. Dendahl will be like voting for Dole, then so be it. I will be statisfied that Richardson could not get my vote.

[La Enchiladita]

I don't personally know but I consulted the wikipedia oracle, which says....

Richardson was born in Pasadena, California. His mother, Maria Luisa Lopez-Collada, was Mexican. His father was born in Nicaragua, grew up in Boston, and worked for Citibank as an executive in Mexico. He was raised in Mexico City, but moved to Massachusetts at age 13 to attend a Boston-area high school.

How many know he was born right here in SoCal? I didn't. Since he lived approx. 12 of his early years in La Capital, he knew Spanish. It's a question of how much he retained, but I think the use of it would come in handy as Governor of New Mexico.

[NRA2BFree]

Why do the good people in New Mexico support this clintonista (at least a majority I suppose)? Don't they remember?

NM has a 48% Hispanic population, and Richardson's not been doing that bad of a job, as far as anyone can see. He is well liked. Sometimes I wonder even if they knew some of the things he had done, if they'd excuse it and give him a pass. NM politics have always been shady.