Posted on 12/30/2007 8:06:30 AM PST by rellimpank
Its tempting to rerun my column on Pakistan from a month ago. Not because I predicted the assassination of Benazir Bhutto or offered any other great insight, but rather for the opposite reason: Everyones an expert on Pakistan, a faraway country of which we know everything: General Musharraf should do this, he shouldnt have done that, the State Department should lean on him to do the other Well, I dunno. It seems to me a certain humility is appropriate when offering advice to Islamabad.
Oh, well. In the stampede of instant experts unveiling their Pakistani solutions-in-a-box, some contributions are worthy of special attention. Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who is apparently running for the Democratic presidential nomination, was in no doubt about what needs to happen in the next, oh, 48 hours:
President Bush should press Musharraf to step aside, and a broad-based coalition government, consisting of all the democratic parties, should be formed immediately... It is in the interests of the U.S. that there be a democratic Pakistan that relentlessly hunts down terrorists.
Wow. Who knew it was that easy?
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Whew, I thought we were going to have a discussion of Slick Willies female conquests.
Its just about Richardson who probably has to beg for the best 5 minutes. LOL
Chalk it up to another f’up in picking leaders for other countries. Why are we so unprepared for such a happening - this event should have been thought out earlier, not now.
Bill Richardson. What an inspiration to the mentally challenged everywhere.
Look at how far he’s gotten with his 55 IQ score.
If he can do it, anyone can.
Aren't these the same people who are, oh, so concerned about whether other countries like us? Who are oh, so dead set against "interventionism"?
Liberalism is a mental disease.
typical liberal blather, see, it's so easy. I think he should drop out of the race right now and implement his "plan" now, maybe he and Pelosi can have a sit down with the jihadist and sorta work it out.
Richardson has already been given the job as Hillary’s Secretary of State.
She is looking for a woman to be Secretary of Defense, just to rub it in those damn military people’s face. Claudia Kennedy is rumored to be her top pick.
/sarc
My blood ran cold until I saw the sarc tag. I fear that would not be out of the realm of possibility. If Claudia Kennedy were to gain such a position, that would surely be the end of the most powerful military the world has ever seen.
The lieutenant governor of New Mexico, Diane Denish was quoted in the Albuquerque Journal saying she avoids standing or sitting near Richardson because of his physical manner, which she said was not improper but was "annoying." The governor, she said, "pinches my neck. He touches my hip, my thigh, sort of the side of my leg."
—yeah—a real “hands-on” kind of guy—
-—good wrap-up of the position of Monica’s pimp—”
Oh, Geeeez- I had forgotten his role in that farce.
Why doesn’t anyone bring that to the forefront these days and derail his campaign???
Bill Richardson. What an inspiration to the mentally challenged everywhere.
Look at how far hes gotten with his 55 IQ score.
If he can do it, anyone can.”
I think I have a dufus Labrador with that much IQ.
He sure does seem to be trying to drag the Hispanic vote to the gates, doesn’t he?
They aren’t supposed to be voting anyway if they are illegals.
“If Claudia Kennedy were to gain such a position, that would surely be the end of the most powerful military the world has ever seen.”
Perhaps, but it would be a military of kindness, compassion, and consideration of others.
Biggest danger is to other Cabinet Secretaries, whom she would probably be accusing of fondling her at Cabinet meetings and demanding investigations.
Richardson is running for VP. that is all.
—short attention span on the part of the MSM—
There, fixed!
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