Bill Richardson will withdraw as Commerce Sec.

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[MeanGreen2008]

OBAMA-BUST: Bill Richardson will withdraw as Commerce secretary... Developing...

[Enterprise]

Hey Bill, do you think you can talk Obama into withdrawing too?

[nufsed]

OB is well ahead of the Clinton scandal pace.

[King Moonracer]

Its a crappy secretary job anyways, not as much you can screw up like, say , energy.

[mware]

Whoa.

[nufsed]

I like BR. Isn’t he the highest ranking person to admit OB was an immigrant?

[MadelineZapeezda]

Like that Capital One commercial goes...Hey! What's in your wallet?????

[livius]

OK, what scandal is about to break with him?

[Roscoe Karns]

He wants to spend more time with his beard.

[GSP.FAN]

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/bill_richardson_under_investigation/

[Liberty Valance]

Wow. That was quick.

[txroadkill]

OB is well ahead of the Clinton scandal pace.

This is going to be a laugh a minute

 

[lnzog]

This is going to be an entertaining four years!

[wagglebee]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28493919/

[clintonh8r]

Har!

[george76]

citing a pending investigation into a company that has done business with his state.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28493919/

[Free America52]

Where’s the lynch mob for his impeachment like there was for Blago? Two-faced snitting, m#########ing b#####es, those democrats are.

[Vaquero]

Bills wife is a sham???

[McGruff]

Bill “Badges, we don't need no stinkin badges” Richardson?

[MeanGreen2008]

UPDATE:

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, tapped in December by President-elect Barack Obama to serve as secretary of Commerce, has withdrawn his name for the position, citing a pending investigation into a company that has done business with his state.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28493919/

[tcrlaf]

This has the smell of CLINTON RETRIBUTION for endorsing Obama over Hillary written all over it...

Richardson’s “Scandal” is actually a minor in Dem political corruption.

[nufsed]

Crying and laughing at the same time.

[paddles]

Hat tip to Corporal Cueball.

[pnh102]

Well this stinks... NM could have been another state in play once more.

[Vaquero]

He needs to free up his time for Super-Bowl Sunday so he can watch the game with Slick Willie.

[GOP_Lady]

[kingu]

What's that sound? It's 20,000 liberal reporters getting rev’ed up to blame this on Republicans.

[Enchante]

Richardson may be implicated in a “pay-for-play” scandal of his own back in New Mexico.

There’s a federal Grand Jury investigating.

Don’t know if this means he’s likely to be indicted or if the Obamanators decided that they simply couldn’t have the “distraction” (heh, heh) with all the stuff going on about Blago.

This is sweeeeet, an Obamanation cabinet nominee side-tracked by ethics and legal problems before Obama has even been sworn in!!!! How often has that EVER happened for a previous “Office of the President-Elect” (sic)???

[EternalVigilance]

Okay. That earned a guffaw!

[big'ol_freeper]

This administration is already a joke.

[Palladin]

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, tapped in December by President-elect Barack Obama to serve as secretary of Commerce, has withdrawn his name for the position, citing a pending investigation into a company that has done business with his state.

There are two kinds of Democrats: Crooks, and damn crooks!

[Free America52]

Quote from the article:

“What’s more interesting, really, is that there’s apparently a widespread federal probe of high level officials across the country engaging in this sort of activity. One wonders what this is based on. Is true graft (as opposed to the “The real crime is what’s legal” murkiness of political fundraising) much more common than realized? Or is this just a fishing expedition?”

Hehehehe . . . the plot thickens. Wonder how Obama is going to dodge this one? Man, he is taking it from all sides now, I still stand on my prediction from several months ago.

BHO is going to have a Jack Nicholson moment (A Few Good Men) - “You can’t handle the truth.” And then he’s going to slither into a useless heap on the floor. No man will be able to stand up to all the hits he is taking and will continue to take. The fake will be exposed for what he is.

[McGruff]

Can I use the race card?

[advertising guy]

you can bet he did not pass the vettin.....that says something

[ziravan]

Ha Ha. Neener, neener. The Clintons are behind this. . .

[Hoodat]

Culture of Corruption. The shocking thing is that he actually asked that his name be withdrawn.

[mware]

That and Blago's senate appointment coming to DC.

This is going to be interesting.

[I see my hands]

To: Scum Lib Richardson

Swift redemption is available to the honorable.

[tcrlaf]

That would jive with Carville’s comment about expecting MORE Democrat Corruption to be revealed, and his attempt to dismiss it by saying, “Well, there are more Democrats now”...

[wagglebee]

you can bet he did not pass the vettin.....that says something

Yep, it's pretty sad when you're not up to Zero's ethics standards.

[livius]

What’s his race? Martian?

[Hoodat]

OK, what scandal is about to break with him?

Actually, it broke two weeks ago:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/15/AR2008121502940_pf.html

Most of the media has been ignoring it, so there must really be something there for Richardson to withdraw with absolutely no pressure from the Press.

[Carl LaFong]

Notice that he did it on Sunday afternoon for minimum MSM coverage.

[Free America52]

I’m having a hard time keeping up with all the corruption scandals going on around Obama. Someone needs to start a ledger. Heeheehee.

[Enchante]

"pretty sad when you're not up to Zero's ethics standards"

Obama to Richardsons: "The first rule of political graft is DON'T GET CAUGHT!"

ha ha ha ha..... this is so sweet, to see all these Demagogues falling like flies despite the best efforts of the Mediascum to protect them.

I want to see Shrillary fall next.....

So much for the most ethical administration in world history. Oh, wait, they're being forced to weed out some of their worst, so maybe they will all be saints by the time the Obamanation is sworn in. /s

[dearolddad]

Can I use the race card?

Looks like the deuce of spades and a joker to me.

[TET1968]

“The shocking thing is that he actually asked that his name be withdrawn.”

The media will spin that as an honorable act, like the guy who committed suicide after he lost $1.5 billion of his investors money in that Ponzie scheme

[sima_yi]

That’s not the Bill Richardson I knew.

[Psycho_Bunny]

“Culture of corruption”