4/11/2007

Why Bill Richardon’s My Candidate of choice

From http://pol.moveon.org/townhall/iraq/transcripts_p.html#richardson

This is a long interview with plenty of questions. Here’s how it begins (emphasis mine):

ELI PARISER: Born in California in 1947, Governor Bill Richardson grew up in Mexico City before moving to New England, where he earned an undergraduate and a Master’s degree from Tufts University. Richardson served in Congress for 15 years, was President Clinton’s Secretary of Energy, served as Ambassador to the United Nations, and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 4 times. He was elected governor of New Mexico in 2002 and was elected to his second term last year, fighting on behalf of New Mexicans to improve education, build a high-wage economy, invest in renewable energy, and expand health care access. 
Richardson has been married to his high school sweetheart, Barbara, for 33 years.
Welcome, Governor Richardson.  I’ll pose to you what we’ve posed to the other candidates:  What is the best and fastest way to end the war in Iraq?

GOVERNOR RICHARDSON: I wanna thank you, Eli, and all the members of MoveOn that are participating in today’s town hall, and I think this is great that you’re scrutinizing candidates and getting them to put forth their clear position. Here’s my position on Iraq and it’s not on the one hand on the other hand, benchmarks, etc… if I were President today, I would withdraw American troops by the end of this calendar year. I would have no residual force whatsoever.

Now go read the whole thing for yourself. That’s enough for me right there. No bullshit. No mealymouthing. I will take action. I will get it done. And having followed Governor Richardson for a while, he’s thinking I will be accountable too.

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One Response to “Why Bill Richardon’s My Candidate of choice”

  1. Don McArthur
    April 11th, 2007 | 6:25 pm

    Here’s the joke of all possible jokes, courtesy of the Bushite Regime; under the sand of Iraq is the third largest proven reserves of crude oil on the planet. Talk all the talk you want, we aren’t going anywhere.

    Sigh.

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