Richardson Endorses Obama

[Psycho4Bud]

Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who sought to become the nationâ??s first Hispanic president this year, plans to endorse Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination on Friday at a campaign event in Oregon, according to an Obama adviser.

Mr. Richardson, a former congressman and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, dropped out of the Democratic race in January after finishing behind Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the first nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Since then, both Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton have aggressively courted Mr. Richardson for his endorsement. Mrs. Clinton had also deployed her husband, and Mr. Richardsonâ??s former boss, to seek the governorâ??s political support; former President Bill Clinton watched the Super Bowl in February with Mr. Richardson, and both Clintons had spent time on the phone trying to persuade him to back her candidacy.

In a statement explaining his endorsement, which was provided by the Obama campaign early Friday morning, Mr. Richardson hailed Mr. Obamaâ??s judgment and ability to be commander-in-chief â?? qualities that Mrs. Clinton has called into question in recent weeks on the campaign trail.

â??I believe he is the kind of once-in-a-lifetime leader that can bring our nation together and restore Americaâ??s moral leadership in the world,â?� Mr. Richardson said in the statement. â??As a presidential candidate, I know full well Sen. Obamaâ??s unique moral ability to inspire the American people to confront our urgent challenges at home and abroad in a spirit of bipartisanship and reconciliation.â?�
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us...d-endorse.html

Yeah, he's a real uniter! He's proven everything BUT that as of late. :wtf:

IF Obama is the candidate, how many think that Richardson just cut a deal for the V.P. position?

Have a good one!:s4:

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 03-21-2008. Richardson Endorses Obama Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who sought to become the nationâ??s first Hispanic president this year, plans to endorse Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination on Friday at a campaign event in Oregon, according to an Obama adviser. Mr. Richardson, a former congressman and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, dropped out of the Democratic race in January after finishing behind Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the first nominating contests in Iowa and Rating: 5

[Rusty Trichome]

Hmmm...I was under the impression that rats jump off of a sinking ship, not jump on the damn thing as it's going down, lol. Are we possibly seeing the democrats' general election ticket?

I hear Kim Jung Ill is just kickin' it, waiting to see his old buddy Gov. Bill again...and is anxiously awaiting a meeting with the 'great uniter'.
I'd bet that he's hopes Obama is as gullible as Clinton was.

[dragonrider]

Hmmm...I was under the impression that rats jump off of a sinking ship, not jump on the damn thing as it's going down, lol. Are we possibly seeing the democrats' general election ticket?

I hear Kim Jung Ill is just kickin' it, waiting to see his old buddy Gov. Bill again...and is anxiously awaiting a meeting with the 'great uniter'.
I'd bet that he's hopes Obama is as gullible as Clinton was.

I think this will be one of the more important endorsements for Obama in the primary. Partly because it may sway some hispanic voters toward him and away from Clinton in the final states, but mostly because it may influence unpledged superdelegates.

I doubt it has anything to do with a VP deal, but I kind of like Richardson from a policy point of view --- not 100%, but decent. I think those Rocky Mountain state Democratic governors are more my style of Democrat in general.

[Psycho4Bud]

I hear Kim Jung Ill is just kickin' it, waiting to see his old buddy Gov. Bill again...and is anxiously awaiting a meeting with the 'great uniter'.
I'd bet that he's hopes Obama is as gullible as Clinton was.

I'll bet he and others are counting on it. Good time for Iran to go forth with nuclear power of "peacefull" purposes.

Have a good one!:s4:

[dragonrider]

I'll bet he and others are counting on it. Good time for Iran to go forth with nuclear power of "peacefull" purposes.

Have a good one!:s4:

Iran and North Korea made their progress on their nuclear programs under Bush. Clinton had North Korea in effective negotiations over their nuclear program (basically buying them off, but it worked), Bush cut them off, so they decided to do whatever the hell they wanted, so now North Korea has a nuke. Heckuva job Bushie! You showed them!

Iran decided to go ahead with their nuke program while we were busy killing off their enemies for them in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maybe he got mixed up with that whole "enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing, "Iraq is my enemy, and Iran is Iraq's enemy, so Iran is my friend? Is that right, Condi? Iran is my friend? No? Hell, these Muslims is confusin'!"

Say what you want about Clinton, but North Korea got their bomb under Bush's watch and Iran has basically told the world to suck it while they make their bomb without consequences. In the meantime Bush went after the one member of the "axis of evil" who wasn't actualy making a bomb! Lost another game of Three-Bomb-Monty, Bush? You guessed Iraq, but it was North Korea! Must've got mixed up when Saddam said he WASN'T making a bomb, and Kim said he WAS. Outsmarted yourself with that reverse phsycholgy again?

[Rusty Trichome]

Iran and North Korea made their progress on their nuclear programs under Bush. Clinton had North Korea in effective negotiations over their nuclear program (basically buying them off, but it worked), Bush cut them off, so they decided to do whatever the hell they wanted, so now North Korea has a nuke. Heckuva job Bushie! You showed them!

Hmmm...really? Nice propoganda, but lacking in reality.

NewsHour Extra: North Korean Nukes -- Jan. 8, 2003

"In 1994, the Clinton administration convinced North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and allow United Nations monitors into the country. In return, the U.S. and other countries pledged to replace North Korea's nuclear power plants that produce plutonium, a key ingredient in nuclear weapons, with light-water reactors, which don't. They also agreed to send North Korea oil to help replace the electricity lost when the nuclear plants shut down.

Both sides also agreed to lift trade barriers and pursue diplomatic and economic relations, including economic aid to North Korea.

However, North Korea's admission that it had not completely ended its nuclear program angered the U.S. enough to stop the fuel oil shipments. North Korea countered that the U.S. did not fulfill its promises from the 1994 agreement, including the construction of the power plants. U.S. officials say this will not happen until North Korea allows greater nuclear weapons inspections throughout the country."

Sure...Clinton's administration made the nuke deal that N. Korea agreed to. (and violated from the very start) Then they had tried to blackmail us back to 'the bargaining table' to get more economic aid, food and oil from us, using their illegal nuke program as a bargaining chip. By the time N. Korea was advanced enough with the technology to test the weapon, (a dud) it was Bush's term, and blackmail wasn't the best of strategies for the N. Koreans. Bush wouldn't fall for the tactics, and demanded the 6-way talks.

Had Clinton's administration demanded verification of compliance before shipping all that oil and food over there, and not allow one shovel-full of dirt be turned on the light-water reactors till compliance was verified, perhaps N. Korea's story would be different, but as B. Clinton was so fond of taking half-measures, it's no wonder he dropped this ball, too.

[thcbongman]

IF Obama is the candidate, how many think that Richardson just cut a deal for the V.P. position?

Have a good one!:s4:

hahaha. That's hilarious. I wouldn't say VP but there's no doubt he cut a deal for an important cabinet position. What an typical political opportunist Bill Richardson is.

[Psycho4Bud]

Iran and North Korea made their progress on their nuclear programs under Bush. Clinton had North Korea in effective negotiations over their nuclear program (basically buying them off, but it worked), Bush cut them off, so they decided to do whatever the hell they wanted, so now North Korea has a nuke. Heckuva job Bushie! You showed them!

Say what you want about Clinton, but North Korea got their bomb under Bush's watch and Iran has basically told the world to suck it while they make their bomb without consequences.

Revisionist history regarding N. Korea...but hey, that's cool. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton did a HELL OF A JOB!:wtf:

As for Iran...before they EVER have a functional nuke either Israel or the U.S. will put a halt to that shit.

Have a good one!:s4:

[dragonrider]

Revisionist history regarding N. Korea...but hey, that's cool. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton did a HELL OF A JOB!:wtf:

As for Iran...before they EVER have a functional nuke either Israel or the U.S. will put a halt to that shit.

Have a good one!:s4:

Hmmm...really? Nice propoganda, but lacking in reality.

NewsHour Extra: North Korean Nukes -- Jan. 8, 2003

"In 1994, the Clinton administration convinced North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and allow United Nations monitors into the country. In return, the U.S. and other countries pledged to replace North Korea's nuclear power plants that produce plutonium, a key ingredient in nuclear weapons, with light-water reactors, which don't. They also agreed to send North Korea oil to help replace the electricity lost when the nuclear plants shut down.

Both sides also agreed to lift trade barriers and pursue diplomatic and economic relations, including economic aid to North Korea.

However, North Korea's admission that it had not completely ended its nuclear program angered the U.S. enough to stop the fuel oil shipments. North Korea countered that the U.S. did not fulfill its promises from the 1994 agreement, including the construction of the power plants. U.S. officials say this will not happen until North Korea allows greater nuclear weapons inspections throughout the country."

Sure...Clinton's administration made the nuke deal that N. Korea agreed to. (and violated from the very start) Then they had tried to blackmail us back to 'the bargaining table' to get more economic aid, food and oil from us, using their illegal nuke program as a bargaining chip. By the time N. Korea was advanced enough with the technology to test the weapon, (a dud) it was Bush's term, and blackmail wasn't the best of strategies for the N. Koreans. Bush wouldn't fall for the tactics, and demanded the 6-way talks.

Had Clinton's administration demanded verification of compliance before shipping all that oil and food over there, and not allow one shovel-full of dirt be turned on the light-water reactors till compliance was verified, perhaps N. Korea's story would be different, but as B. Clinton was so fond of taking half-measures, it's no wonder he dropped this ball, too.

The diplomatic impasse you mentioned occurred during Bush's term, not Clinton's. The deal held throughout Clinton's term and began to fall apart under Bsuh in 2002. North Korea was a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but withdrew in 2003, citing the failure of the Bush administration to fulfill the United States' end of the 1994 agreement to limit North Korea's nuclear ambitions, begin normalization of relations, and help North Korea supply some energy needs through light-water nuclear reactors. They kicked out the monitoring teams and shut off the cameras and went back to using their heavy-water reactors. The US insisted on the so-called six-party talks rather than direct negotiations. North Korea wouldn't accept the six-party talks, so instead they built and tested a nuclear bomb in 2006.

The bomb was tested in Bush's second term, so I think you're going to have a little trouble blaming that on Clinton or Jimmy Carter! Ridiculous! Talk about revisionist history! No, Bush had 5 years to keep them from getting a nuke and he blew it. It's on him. If Iran gets the bomb, it'll be on him as well. The guy is so worried about looking like an appeaser that he won't negotiate with enemies and they just end up doing whatever the hell they want. They know he's too tied down in Iraq to bomb them, which is his preferred method of negotiation, so if he won't talk, screw him. He wouldn't negotiate with North Korea, and now they have a nuke. What a fool.

Bush is so afraid of looking weak by negotiating with our enemies, that he ends up looking like either a warmonger for attacking them, or a pussiy for letting them do what they want. There is a way to deal with other countries that is somewhere between bombing them and just letting them do things you would rather not have them do.

[Rusty Trichome]

The diplomatic impasse you mentioned occurred during Bush's term, not Clinton's. The deal held throughout Clinton's term and began to fall apart under Bsuh in 2002. North Korea was a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but withdrew in 2003, citing the failure of the Bush administration to fulfill the United States' end of the 1994 agreement to limit North Korea's nuclear ambitions, begin normalization of relations, and help North Korea supply some energy needs through light-water nuclear reactors. They kicked out the monitoring teams and shut off the cameras and went back to using their heavy-water reactors. The US insisted on the so-called six-party talks rather than direct negotiations. North Korea wouldn't accept the six-party talks, so instead they built and tested a nuclear bomb in 2006.

The bomb was tested in Bush's second term, so I think you're going to have a little trouble blaming that on Clinton or Jimmy Carter! Ridiculous! Talk about revisionist history! No, Bush had 5 years to keep them from getting a nuke and he blew it. It's on him. If Iran gets the bomb, it'll be on him as well. The guy is so worried about looking like an appeaser that he won't negotiate with enemies and they just end up doing whatever the hell they want. They know he's too tied down in Iraq to bomb them, which is his preferred method of negotiation, so if he won't talk, screw him. He wouldn't negotiate with North Korea, and now they have a nuke. What a fool.

Fairytales. Been reading blogs from revisionist fools again, huh?
When one gets all of life's info, from a website launched to take advantage of those too slow to think for themselves, one risks becoming allarmingly obtuse. The bloggers are laughing at y'all, all the way to the bank, lol.


Happy Easter all.