Posted on 09/04/2007 10:11:21 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
Is Richardson (gasp!) injecting religion into intraparty Democratic Party politics?
It's God's will for Iowa to hold the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus, Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Bill Richardson told a somewhat astonished Iowa audience on Monday, according to today's Des Moines Register (linked on The Drudge Report).
"Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary," Richardson told those gathered at the Northwest Iowa Labor Council Picnic on Monday. "And I want you to know who was the first candidate to sign a pledge not to campaign anywhere if they got ahead of Iowa. It was Bill Richardson."
Several picnic-goers found Richardson's statement a bit strange, according to the Register.
"That was a little weird," Sioux City resident Joe Shufro told the Register. "I don't know what God had to do with choosing Iowa among other states. I found that a little strange."
"It's the kind of thing that would make me wince if, for instance, George Bush said it," another Sioux City resident, Jan Hodge, told the paper. "Richardson has the saving grace of not taking himself too seriously. It was one of those off-the-cuff remarks that can't be taken as seriously as the punsters (ed: pundits?) will make it."
Richardson was, indeed, one of the first Democratic candidates to pledge not to campaign in any state that schedules a primary or caucus before Feb. 5, 2008, except for the states of Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina, according to a news release his campaign sent out last Friday.
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wow he’s even dumber than Obama
This is so weird.
Maybe Bill needs some medication? Or maybe he needs to quit ‘self medicating’?
While I EXPECT stupid things to come out of his mouth, THIS one is far beyond anything I ever would have guessed HE would say.
My opinion is that he has discovered he is 'WAY over his head and running out of money and supporters and is just running mouth before engaging brain.
All the corruption coming to light in HIS state has to be giving him a belly ache, too.
Just covering(pandering) to call the bases.
Just covering(pandering) to all the bases.
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