Bill Richardson Asked to Join Cabinet, Because What the Hell?
While we're on the subject of people who are supposed to keep us from complete financial collapse, it's looking like Barack Obama will be calling upon early-Hope-adopter Bill Richardson to fill the role of Secretary of Commerce…
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has emerged as a "serious contender" to head the Commerce Department under President-elect Barack Obama, according to a Democratic official close to the proceedings…
Richardson spent 15 years in the U.S. House — from 1982 to 1997 — before being named by then President Bill Clinton as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. A year later Richardson became Secretary of Energy in the Clinton Cabinet.
I have no idea how any of that stuff makes him qualified "to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce." I'm guessing it doesn't.
But what I do know is that William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III is Hispanic (and how couldn't he be with a name like that?), and that makes him uniquely qualified to replace the current Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Miguel Gutierrez.
He also helps Barack Obama round out the United Colors of Benettonosity of his cabinet.
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Richardson is totally unqualified as a leader in the Cabinet.
From what he did in Department of Energy and UN position, we know he put his personal motive above the country's interests.
The majority of Chinese-American is against his normination as Secretary of Commerce. If US wants to recover from the current recession and do more business with China and Asia, how come such an unhonored secretary can achieve that?
http://www.petitiononline.com/GovBillR/petition.html
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Unfortunately "TWAT" & "HUH, SOAP?" Have been taken so you need to try and be more political and stuff.
Then I will choose the worst captions and then try and embaress you when you complain they suck, ok. GOOD LUCK!!
sorry, that link doesn't work. Here's a correction:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080403_9294.php
While you gave a heartfelt opinion re: Richardson, Sofia, you failed to even mention if you know who the current Sec. of Commerce IS, and what he has done that called him before Congress. I have redressed that error here:
http://www.nextgov.com/ng_20080403_9294.php
It seems he wants to spend $3 billion dollars to screw up the 2010 census. Now is that Bushbot competency or what?
@Sofia- have you researched his qualifications in the Clinton administrations, lately? His qualifications outstrip Hillary, Barack, and every Bushbot appointed by and including, the Decider Guy.
Secretary of Commerce, as opposed to Treasury and Federal Reserve, is all about glad handing people, networking people through our byzantine bureaucracies, and smiling a lot.
Bill Richardson can not only keep smiling, he can find the bathrooms in the Capitol, the White House, and as an added bonus, in the UN building, and probably knows some good restaurants nearby.
He'll be an outstanding Secretary of Commerce. As Dennis DiClaudio quite accurately points out, because what the hell?
If Obama can get over Hillary's graveyard then Richardson's on skeleton shouldn't be a problem.
I heart Gov. Bill Richardson. I wish he was SOS, but I guess he's SOL on that.
I can't believe the Obama Administration is selecting a person as unqualified as Bill Richardson for such a critical position given the state of our economy. While Richardson has managed to rack up an impressive list of titles, if you look at what he has actually accomplished in his various roles, you come up with a big zero. Case in point: the state of NM is in far worse shape since Richardson has been in power from an economic, social and educational perspective. Moreover, he has no experience to speak of in the area of commerce.
It seems as though Richardson, who is only part-Latino, was selected presumably to appease the Latino vote. Ironically, the Latino vote does not support Richardson (as seen in the most recent Presidential campaign.)
Beyond Richardson's incompetence, let's not forget all the skeletons he has in his closet from his "extra -curricular" activities.
While I support Obama and most of the choices he has made thus far for his cabinet, I absolutely do not support having Bill Richardson as part of the administration. In every way, Richardson is a bad choice for the Obama and our country.