BILL RICHARDSON: THE DEMOCRAT’S DIRTY BOY

dansargis.org ^ | November 2, 2006 | Dan Sargis

[Dr.Syn]

 

 

BILL RICHARDSON: THE DEMOCRAT’S DIRTY BOY

November 2, 2006 

Finally a Democrat tells the truth.  Bill Richardson, New Mexico’s Democratic Governor finally came clean.  Well, not exactly, but he did admit that he likes being dirty (not a big surprise to any Conservative). 

The only Democrat with more feet in his mouth than Bill “What-Two-Hard-Drives” Richardson might be John Kerry.  

An October 28^th New York Times article, In Clean Politics, Flesh Is Pressed, Then Sanitized, used the simple concept of hygiene, or a lack thereof, to position Richardson “as the early hygienic maverick of 2008”.   

It seems that, unlike President Bush or Vice President Cheney who use the alcohol-based hand sanitizer Purell (and some common sense) to minimize the spread of infectious diseases while on the campaign trail, Richardson finds personal hygiene “...condescending to the voters”. 

Never wanting to be left out of a dumb and dumber contest, “Howard Dean ...a doctor and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said he did not bother with the stuff, either.”  As further proof of wasted tuition dollars, Dean boasts that, “If you’ve had children, you’re immune to everything”.  (Disclaimer:  Parenthood will not protect you from the flu.  If you listen to a liberal you do so at your own risk.) 

Only liberals can take comfort in this level of stupidity.  But wait...it gets much better. 

Bill Richardson is adamant in his conviction that...” I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty” and he has proven it many times. 

In 1997, as U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Richardson described then-Congolese President Laurent Kabila as “a street-smart Chicago ward heeler”.  The BBC saw Kabila a bit differently...”After coming to power he banned all political parties except his own and promised elections that were never held, and he refused to restart payments on the country's $14 billion debt”.  Maybe Kabila resembled a Chicago Democrat after all. 

Again in 1997, Richardson, as recapped in Slate Magazine, did his friend Bill Clinton a favor and offered Monica Lewinsky a job at the UN...” When Lewinsky told the president she wanted to move to New York, Clinton had an aide ask Richardson to interview Lewinsky for a U.N. job. Richardson, though he was absorbed by crises in Zaire and Iraq, called Lewinsky immediately, invited her for an interview, and hired her almost on the spot...the American Spectator made a strong case that Richardson knew who Lewinsky was, went out of his way to help her, and lied to the grand jury about it...Clinton surely referred Lewinsky to Richardson because he knew Richardson could be trusted to help his buddy out of a jam without asking uncomfortable questions.” 

Specifically (and this is from the NYT’s): 

1. ...in the fall of 1997, (Clinton’s secretary) Ms. Currie asked John Podesta, the Deputy Chief of Staff, to help Ms. Lewinsky find a job in New York

2. Mr. Podesta testified that, during a Presidential trip to Latin America, he approached then-U.N. Ambassador William Richardson while aboard Air Force One and asked the Ambassador to consider a former White House intern for a position at the U.N.

3. Ambassador Richardson returned from Latin America on Sunday, October 19.

4. At 3:09 p.m. on October 21, Ms. Currie faxed Ms. Lewinsky's resume to the United Nations.

5. At 7:01 p.m., a six-minute call was placed to Ms. Lewinsky's apartment from a U.N. telephone number identified in State Department records as "Ambassador Richardson's line...the Ambassador himself came on the line...The purpose of the call was to schedule a job interview at a Watergate apartment the following week.

6. On Friday morning, October 31, Ambassador Richardson and two of his assistants, Mona Sutphen and Rebecca Cooper, interviewed Ms. Lewinsky at the Watergate.

7. Neither Ambassador Richardson nor any of his staff made inquiries, before or after the interview, about Ms. Lewinsky's prior work performance.

8. Phone records reflect that, at 11:02 a.m. on November 3, a three-minute call was placed to Ms. Lewinsky from the U.N. line identified in State Department records as Ambassador Richardson's.  Ms. Lewinsky stated that she believes she spoke to Ambassador Richardson, who extended her a job offer.

9. According to his assistant (Mona Sutphen), Ambassador Richardson made the decision to hire Ms. Lewinsky.

10. (Sutphen) said, are you sure; and he said, yeah, yeah, I'm sure, why. And I said . . . are you sure, though you don't want to talk to anyone else . . . . And he said, no, no, I think it's fine; why don't you go ahead and give her an offer.

Who would ever think that dirty hands and dirty blue dresses make such a charming outfit? 

It is little wonder that Richardson’s hands were even dirty enough to receive this stern rebuke from Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, “"You will never again receive the support of the Senate of the United States for any office to which you might be appointed.”   

It seems that when Richardson was the Secretary of the Department of Energy in 2000, two highly classified computer hard drives disappeared from the Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico and then magically reappeared about a month later.   

This case of the missing drives was described “as possibly the most serious security breach in the nation's history”.  Yet, when asked to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about this security breach in the Department he headed-up, Richardson declined because he was too busy kissing-up to Al Gore in the hopes of being his running mate. 

This ticked-off Senator Byrd so much that he additionally accused Richardson of “supreme arrogance” and “extreme contempt”.  Go figure...in Richardson’s world...campaigning with Al Gore trumped the compromise of top secret nuclear data, yet basic hand hygiene is “condescending to the voters”. 

My god...if Richardson is taken seriously as a 2008 Presidential aspirant...the lunatics would truly be running the asylum. 

Dirty hands indeed!

[Dr.Syn]

Funny and True.

[ElkGroveDan]

Richardson, .... called Lewinsky immediately, invited her for an interview, and hired her almost on the spot...

Uh huh....Monica must have demonstrated some skills in the interview that Richardson valued greatly

[Savage Beast]

"I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty”

What an appropriate motto for the Democrat Party!

Old Bill's got a way with words.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Nice piece... I remember Senator Byrd dressing down Richardson in the Sub-Committee hearing. I guess this was regarding the Monica Lewinsky affair... Richardson was literally sucking on his thumb or finger, while Robert KKK Byrd was saying basically "you'll never work in this town again." I'm sure there will be video footage of this should he actually seek the presidency in 2008.

Up to that point, Richardson seemed to be one of the few guys in the Clinton Administration that might have a future in politics but there it was: going down the drain.

As Jim McDougal said: the Clintons are like a tornado -- they come into your lives and leave death and destruction in their wake. Welcome to the tornado, Governor Richardson!

It's truly incredible the ego these Dems who think they have a realistic chance to be president: Richardson, Dodd, Biden, Kerry, Edwards! Amazing.

[LADY J]

"Bill Richardson is adamant in his conviction that...” I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty” and he has proven it many times"

The rally cry for RATS to vote for him to be President. That's a badge of honor for them.

[Vaquero]

BILL RICHARDSON, NRA A+ rating.

thats better than 9 out of 10 North East republicans.

that doesn't mean he believes in the 2nd amendment himself, he just knows what side his bread is buttered on. Something a bunch of RINO's out there also know, which is why RINOs, can survive, living in the NE.

[billhilly]

Democratic virtue is as rare as fellatio in the oval office during a republican administration.

[Vaquero]

Democratic virtue is as rare as fellatio in the oval office during a republican administration

at least during THIS republican administration. of course you can't necessarily give lip service to this fact for all Repub admins.....

[BMC1]

"My god...if Richardson is taken seriously as a 2008 Presidential aspirant...the lunatics would truly be running the asylum."

I would like to know why nobody is going after Richardson regarding ALL the security breaches at Las Alamos? He' he Governor of that state and things have been disappearing from that lab for a number of years.

He gets a pass while President Bush is blamed for everything.

[johnny7]

Richardson's been to North Korea 5 times... and you can bet it was under orders of Rapist42.

[Dr.Syn]

It is frightening that such hollow people have such grand ambitions...but I guess when you are an empty soul all you have left is ego.

This is how Slate Magazine (no friend to Conservatives) explains the Richardson's character:

Richardson's career, in short, testifies to the power of the schmooze. Unlike Clinton, he doesn't marry schmoozing to wonkery. He is weak on policy, often skipping complicated discussions for a cigar and a party. He has no great beliefs, which may be why he didn't mind flattering despots. In Richardson's world, personal relationships may trump principles, and friendships may supersede treaties. (Clinton exploited this during his Monica Lewinsky troubles.)

[razorback-bert]

Think I can vote while I am in Carlsbad?

[Dr.Syn]

Richardson's been to North Korea 5 times... and you can bet it was under orders of Rapist42.

He was smuggling Presidential cigars to Kim Jong-il.

[johnny7]

Tuna-flavored...

[thegreatbeast]

The fact is that Los Alomos is still a mess. There was another security breach in the last week or so.

[Disambiguator]

In New Mexico, Los Alamos is humorously called "Lost Almost", except when it comes to Bill Richardson. Then you can drop the "almost" part.

[F.J. Mitchell]

There has to be more guessing than expertise involved in selecting the dirtiest pig in the pen. But in the absence of any scientific evidence to the contrary, who can or who wants to argue with this assessment? Certainly not me.

[billhilly]

"at least during THIS republican administration. of course you can't necessarily give lip service to this fact for all Repub admins....."

Why can't I? I did use the word rare, and if you believe the media would cover for republicans in office like they did for JFK, you're smoking something pretty potent.

Eisenhower? Nixon? unlikely? Gerry Ford? Reagan? Equally unlikely. George HW or George W?

Those are the republican administrations of my lifetime, and I have voted for each of them, served in one of them, and find it unimaginable that any one of them would have sullied he Oval Office.

[Dr.Syn]

There has to be more guessing than expertise involved in selecting the dirtiest pig in the pen. But in the absence of any scientific evidence to the contrary, who can or who wants to argue with this assessment? Certainly not me.

It would make an interesting poll question. Richardson is at least close to #1 because he has the MSM and many naive voters ordering his version of pig pooh for breakfast, lunch and dinner. At least Clinton would oink when he smiled.

[NRA2BFree]

The BBC saw Kabila a bit differently...”After coming to power he banned all political parties except his own and promised elections that were never held, and he refused to restart payments on the country's $14 billion debt”. Maybe Kabila resembled a Chicago Democrat after all.

This is the King of NM that they are talking about. Dirty is putting it mildly. You are about to witness how easily it is for him to steal the election in NM. God and King Bill are the only two who know exactly how many illegals King Bill allowed to obtain NM driver's licenses so they could register to vote in NM on Tuesday. Some "estimates" say over 30K, which probably translates to 100K or more. Consider this: Thousands of New Mexicans have stood in line for hours (literally) to cast their ballots, just to have illegals cancel their votes out. Yes, in NM, illegals have been given some of those "RIGHTS" they demanded in the marches; whereas, Americans, lost their "RIGHTS!" This is an evil man.