Seems he is "playful" with everyone.
If my grandson did that to another kid it would be called "bullying".
Posted on 06/16/2007 1:28:37 PM PDT by CedarDave
The New Republic magazine, in a story largely critical of Richardson, takes note of an incident that took place in April at a minor-league baseball game in Iowa.
" ... As we get up from our seats to visit the play-by-play announcer's booth, Richardson does something I've never seen any politician do," author Ryan Lizza wrote.
"There are two women sitting in front of us. They are both young and attractive, probably in their twenties. The governor rotates his large frame sideways and shimmies out of his row. The two women smile up at him. As he passes, Richardson reaches down and places his fingertips on the head of one of the women, tickling her scalp as he opens and closes his hand."
Lizza uses the incident to discuss what he called a Richardson "touching problem."
I was also in the stands with Richardson in Des Moines that day and have this recollection:
While waiting for Lizza to conclude his interview with Richardson so I could talk the governor, I spoke to the women in the row in front of us. They joked about not knowing who Richardson was— "We're sitting next to a candidate," one of them cracked— and the governor likely heard some of that humorous exchange as they looked over at him.
When Richardson got up to walk up to the announcers' booth, he briefly tousled the hair of one of the women.
The tousling didn't seem noteworthy to me, so I didn't mention it in my Journal story that weekend.
If the women were offended, I didn't notice— though I didn't speak with them afterward.
Lizza made this point in his story: "On the most basic level, giving an unsolicited scalp tickle to a stranger is peculiar behavior for a presidential candidate."
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Pedro needs to keep his hands to himself.
Pedro needs to keep his hands to himself.
If he were a Republican, he’d be described as a sexual predator.
Not the first time, by any means. The NM LT Governor (Diane Denish) has said publicly she won’t sit next to him because he touches or pinches her and otherwise uses his hands inappropriately. Richardson’s staff says it’s only his way of being “playful”. If I tried that at work, I’d be fired. Unfortunately, there is no way to fire him and though it is mentioned in the press, there are no consequences for his actions.
Maybe his ex-employer, BJ Clinton, has been giving him advice on how Presidents should behave around women...
So, all those years of rubbing shoulders with billy boy clinton has rubbed off on Richardson.
It takes one to know one...???
hair tousling is not a crime.
Gasp! Touched her head? The emotional scars must be devastating!
BFD.
I suspect he knows these women ~ or wants to know them.
Richardson is only guilty of being to friendly like Sandy Burger is only guilty of being to sloppy.
Unwanted touching could be, depending on the circumstances.
Anyone ruffle my hair like that, and he’d get my fist right in his kisser! I think you tousle the head of a dog, not of a lady, Guv.
Richardson's touching problem isn't exactly news. In 2005, his lieutenant governor, Diane Denish, told The Albuquerque Journal that she goes out of her way to avoid sitting or standing next to Richardson because he's a little too grabby. "He pinches my neck. He touches my hip, my thigh, sort of the side of my leg," she told the newspaper, which illustrated the story with a photo of Richardson smiling mischievously as his hand reached around toward Denish's backside while the two sat next to each other at a public event.
BILL RICHARDSON V. HIS RESUMÉ. Paper Candidate
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Speaking for myself... I NEVER touch women I don't want to know.
I smell a Hillary attack!!!!.....
Seems he is "playful" with everyone.
If my grandson did that to another kid it would be called "bullying".
Is that like Jeffery Dhamer having an eating disorder?
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